Societal structures create and maintain disparities between persons of dominant and non-dominant status affecting all aspects of the community including healthcare service delivery. Music therapists as healthcare providers have a responsibility to explore ways that social justice approaches can address and mitigate discrimination in …read more
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[ANGLAIS PDF] MUSIC AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN: AROUSAL, EMOTIONS, AND PLEASURE EDITED BY : Mark Reybrouck, Tuomas Eerola and Piotr Podlipniak
PUBLISHED IN : Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Neuroscience Music impinges upon the body and the brain. As such, it has significant inductive power which relies both on innate dispositions and acquired mechanisms and competencies. The processes are partly autonomous and partly deliberate, and interrelations between several levels of processing are becoming clearer with [...]
PLUS »[ANGLAIS] Music Therapy for Seniors at End-of-Life: Literature Review and a Preliminary Randomized Feasibility Study
Background Music therapy (MT) is part of the care plan in many end-of-life (EOL) settings, though several authors remain cautious about its effectiveness to improve EOL symptoms and patient well-being. Objective Our primary goal was to design and test the feasibility of a clinical trial protocol that would address the main critiques of MT Lire [...]
PLUS »[Anglais] Feasibility and acceptability of group music therapy vs wait-list control for treatment of patients with long-term depression (the SYNCHRONY trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Background: Depression is of significant global concern. Despite a range of effective treatment options it is estimated that around one in five diagnosed with an acute depressive episode continue to experience enduring symptoms for more than 2 years. There is evidence for effectiveness of individual music therapy for depression. However, no … Lire plus
PLUS »[ANGLAIS PDF] The use of a music therapy choir to reduce depression and improve quality of life in older adults – A randomized control trial
Depression in older adults is prevalent and often undiagnosed and untreated.This study sought to assess if participation in a music therapy choir intervention could reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life and cognitive functioning in older adults. In this mixed method study, 40 participants were assessed pre- and … LIRE PLUS
PLUS »[Anglais] Effects of listening to pleasant music on chronic unilateral neglect: a single-subject study » by Keh-Chung Lin
Recent studies suggest that the positive emotion induced by pleasant music may improve cognitive functions. We used the single-subject design to study whether listening to preferred music may reduce unilateral neglect in two participants with post-stroke neglect. These participants were instructed to listen to their preferred music every day for 5 … lire plus
PLUS »[anglais ]Music therapy, women and substance use problems: A systematic literature review and thematic synthesis
This study creates an overview of the literature on music therapy with women in substance use treatment, discusses the different types of literature and what they address, and thematically synthesizes that literature to explore which aspects characterize music therapy with women in substance use treatment. The applied methods are systematic … lire plus
PLUS »[Anglais] (2011) « Music therapy support groups for cancer patients and caregivers » by Abbey Dvorak
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of participation in music therapy support groups (MTSG) on physical, psychological, and social functioning of cancer patients and caregivers. Participants were 24 cancer patients and 17 caregivers randomly assigned to experimental (n=21) or wait-list control (n=20) groups. All participants completed the Music Therapy Support Group [...]
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