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Music Therapy Implications and Considerations for Individuals with Visual Impairments
2020
Type of reference
Scientific publications
Author
Amy Clements-Cortez; Hope Pascoe
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Canadian Music Educator

This article provides background information on visual impairments and the impact of these disorders on social connectedness, activities of daily living, mood, quality of life, and child development. Implications and potential for music therapy for visually-impaired children and adults are discussed.

Music therapy improves the health of premature babies and boosts parental bonding
2019
Type of reference
General information
Author
Elizabeth Coombes
Language
English
Source / Publisher
The Conversation

 Music therapy improves the health of premature babies and boosts parental bonding

Music therapy legacy work in palliative care: Creating meaning at end of life
2006
Type of reference
Scientific publications
Author
Louise M. Cadrin
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Canadian Journal of Music Therapy

Legacy work is the process of creatively expressing and documenting one's life, with the goal of leaving the legacy for future generations. Music therapists can offer unique opportunities to create legacy work due to the music medium that is the basis of their work. Three contrasting case studies, incorporating patient, family and therapist perspectives, are presented to illustrate music therapy legacy work.

Music Therapy May Help Teens Cope with Cancer
2014
Type of reference
General information
Author
Mary Brophy Marcus
Language
English
Source / Publisher
WebMD

  This article describes different techniques, interventions and outcomes of teens during cancer treatment. They describe how writing lyrics, making videos helped them get through grueling treatment and connect with others, study found.

Music Therapy & Medicine: A Dynamic Partnership
2018
Type of reference
General information
Author
Dr. Deforia Lane
Language
English
Source / Publisher
TED Talks

Music therapist Deforia Lane shares her experience of how music therapy has been used to help an unborn child. Dr Lane also takes you inside University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center to experience first hand the response of their patients to music therapy.

Music Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: Results of a Systematic Qualitative Analysis
2004
Type of reference
Scientific publications
Author
Wendy L. Magee, Jane W. Davidson
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Music Therapy Perspectives

This research article investigates the effects of music therapy for adults with chronic and progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) based on current studies. The results prove that music therapy addresses emotional, physical, and interpersonal challenges that come from acquired disabilities.

Music therapy: A nonpharmacological approach to the care of agitation and depressive symptoms for nursing home residents with dementia
2015
Type of reference
Scientific publications
Author
Kendra D Ray, Mary S Mittelman
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Dementia

Depression, agitation, and wandering are common behaviors associated with dementia and frequently observed among nursing home residents. The results of this study suggest widespread use of music therapy in long-term care settings may be effective in reducing symptoms of depression and agitation.

Music Therapy in Pain and Anxiety Management during Labor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2020
Type of reference
Scientific publications
Author
Rocio Santiváñez-Acosta, Elena de las Nieves Tapia-López, and Marilina Santero.
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Medicina

The main objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy to manage pain and anxiety during labor. The primary outcomes were measured by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Music therapy seems to have beneficial effects on pain intensity and anxiety during labor, especially for women giving birth for the first time. 

Music Therapy in Palliative Care: New Voices
1999
Type of reference
Scientific publications
Author
David Aldridge
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers

This book presents some of the work from music therapists working in different approaches, in different countries, showing how valuable the inclusion of music therapy in palliative care has already proved to be. It is important for the dying, or those with terminal illness, that approaches are used which integrate the physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of their being. 

Music Therapy in Palliative Care
2015
Type of reference
Scientific publications
Author
Clare O’Callaghan
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Oxford University Press

This book chapter explains the effects of music therapy in palliative care. It is derived from the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (5th Ed) published by the Oxford University Press. Note: The link includes the full text of the chapter (i.e., 18 pages plus references).

Music Therapy at Penn State Health Children's Hospital
2019
Type of reference
General information
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Penn State Health

 Board Certified music therapy program at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Funded by Children's Miracle Network - Herskey. By manipulating the elements of a song, music therapists help control a patient's pain and anxiety, ease adjustment to the hospital setting and promote rehabilitation.

Music Therapy program at Calgary's Foothills hospital Expanded
2018
Type of reference
General information
Author
Carolyn Kury de Castilla
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Global News

Music is now being used as medicine at the Foothills Medical Centre intensive care unit in Calgary, helping everyone from palliative care patients to stroke victims.