Kayla Lane February 2‚ 2013 The Effectiveness of Music Therapy Mental illness and depression runs in my family. Doctors are always trying different treatments or experimental medications to help. Some doctors suggest spending time in a mental institution where everything is monitored and group therapy is required. Others suggest several weekly visits to psychologists for one-on-one sessions. Most of the times these sessions are just stressful the entire time and people in my family think it is
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The healing power of music has existed since the beginning of human civilization. Music has grown to define a person’s values and become an aspect of culture. Such a force has led medical specialists to believe in music therapy as a treatment just like any other drug would be. As a result‚ the music therapeutic field of study has grown over the past decades with support from new findings from extended research. Music therapy should be one of the top treatments for common medical situations‚ such
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you listen to music‚ raise your hand. B. We often listen to music as a daily activity. List examples of when we listen to music such as when working out‚ bored‚ doing work‚ sad‚ stressed‚ etc. C. What most people don’t know is that music can and is used for healing II. Body A. Music Therapy is a health profession were music is used to address physical‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ and social needs of individuals. B. After assessing the strengths and needs of a client‚ a qualified music therapist provides
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Imagery and Music By H.M. This paper provides a brief description of the work of Helen Linquist Bonny. Bonny developed a technique of "music-imaging" known as GIM (Guided Imagery and Music). Bonny wrote that GIM therapy‚ "Created specific music programs‚ which a trained facilitator can use to guide a client." Bonny went on to describe GIM therapy in this way: ". . . the uniqueness of this method lies in the synchronicity of music and imaginative experiences. In this process‚ music plays the
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Music Supported Therapy (MST) is a recently researched intervention in which participants played through a series of increasingly complex musical exercises using electronic drum pads and keyboard. Results from these studies have consistently shown statistically significant improvements for participants’ upper limb function‚ also evidencing neural reorganization using EEG and fMRI. Therapeutic Instrumental Music Performance (TIMP) is a Neurologic Music Therapy intervention (NMT) used in neurorehabilitation
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Music therapy in care for dementia Dementia is an extremely common disease among the elderly‚ with 4 million Americans currently suffering from the Alzheimer’s type alone. Figures show that 3% of people between the ages of 65-74 suffer from the disease‚ rapidly increasing to 19% for the 75-84 age bracket‚ and as high as 47% for the over 85s. Therefore‚ it is easy to see why Dementia is such a large part of many people’s lives‚ whether they are suffering from the condition themselves‚ or have
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In the article‚ the author expresses how music evokes memories‚ feelings‚ and sensations. Music therapy has been found to be effective for patients with dementia. Schaeffer explains that music shares a close relationship with your unconscious emotions and the emotions are activated by musical movement. The feelings are so strong that they are meaningful even if the patient cannot remember who they are. Music therapy improves wellbeing in the following areas: memory recall‚ vocal fluency‚ positive
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Improvisation Music Therapy literature documents the development and value of improvisation in clinical work working with different kind of clinical populations. Improvisation is a category of Music Therapy often used by therapists Within improvisation‚ there are many forms‚ methods and techniques. Therapists use improvisation in order to allow the clients to improve self-expression‚ creativity and communication using voice‚ movement and percussion instruments. The client makes up his or her own music spontaneously
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KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE PRACTICE OF MUSIC THERAPY IN HONG KONG By LAM HOI YAN April‚ 2007 04002865 ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the development of music therapy in Hong Kong. Specifically‚ a number of related issues were studied including definition of music therapy‚ the origin of music therapy‚ the recent developments in music therapy in China‚ establishment of a music therapy session‚ and the setting of therapeutic
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inform you of the pros and cons of using antidepressants or music therapy to treat depression. C. I am qualified to speak on this topic as I have done extensive research that has made me quite knowledgeable. D. Preview of Main Points: I will do this by informing you of 1. The effectiveness of antidepressants. 2. The harmful side effects of antidepressants. 3. The effectiveness of Music Therapy. 4. Getting Music Therapy covered by health care and musicogenic epilepsy. (Transition)
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