Development Of Music Therapy Research Articles

The Application and Development of Music Therapy in Rehabilitation Medicine

Music therapy, as an ancient and continually evolving therapeutic approach, has demonstrated unique effects and extensive potential applications in the field of rehabilitation medicine. This paper first explores the physiological and psychological impacts of music and theoretical models of its therapeutic mechanisms. It further details the specific applications of music therapy in neurological rehabilitation, motor function recovery, psychological and emotional adjustment, and chronic disease and pain management. The article also investigates the prospects of integrating music therapy with modern technologies such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence and emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and policy support in advancing this field. Through comprehensive analysis, the paper identifies future development directions and research needs for music therapy in rehabilitation medicine.

The organ of the Imperial Clinical Midwifery Institute is the forerunner of music therapy in Russia

This review article describes the acquisition and installation of an organ in a scientific and educational medical institution. For the first time, an organ was installed at the Imperial Clinical Midwifery Institute in 1904. The beginning of the ХХ century was marked by the development of music therapy. This could not go unnoticed by the director of the institute D.O. Ott. Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in music therapy. This article touches on the history of the appearance and further fate of the Walcker organ, acquired for the Imperial Clinical Midwifery Institute. We herein discuss the issues of music therapy and its healing effects on patients.

Music Therapy (Media in the Socio-Cultural Space of Ukraine)

The development of music therapy is a relevant topic for research, given that this phenomenon is still in its infancy in Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to analyze the media use of music therapy in the contemporary socio-cultural space of Ukraine. The main research methods are comparison, analysis, synthesis, and specification. The main research tools are a survey based on Google Forms, interviews. The territorial scope of the study covers different regions of Ukraine. The experimental verification of the use of music therapy in the socio-cultural space of Ukraine took place in several stages: theoretical and methodological, experimental and generalized. In particular, at the first stage, the peculiarities of the interpretation of music therapy and other theoretical problems of its use in the socio-cultural space were identified. At the second stage (experimental), a scientific experiment was conducted to identify the key problems and prospects of using music therapy through the media in the socio-cultural space of Ukraine. At the third stage, the data obtained were compared with the results of other scholars, in particular, the peculiarities of using music therapy in Ukraine and other European countries were compared and summarized. The results describe the peculiarities of using media-based music therapy in Ukraine, identify the main tools of mass communication used by music therapists in Ukraine, characterize the main goals of media-based music therapy, and outline the main challenges of using media resources in the practice of music therapists in Ukraine. It is established that the introduction of music therapy has common and distinctive features in comparison with European countries. The conclusions emphasize the importance of music therapy in the modern socio-cultural space of Ukraine, and it is determined that music therapy continues to develop in view of the current demand for psychotherapists in Ukraine.

The promise of music therapy for Alzheimer's disease: A review.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with cognitive decline. Memory problems are typically among the first signs of cognitive impairment in AD, and they worsen considerably as the disease progresses. However, musical memory is partially spared in patients with AD, despite severe deficits in episodic (and partly semantic) memory. AD patients can learn new songs, encode novel verbal information, and react emotionally to music. These effects of music have encouraged the use and development of music therapy (MT) for AD management. MT is easy to implement and well-tolerated by most patients and their caregivers. Effects of MT in patients with AD include improved mood, reduced depressive scores and trait anxiety, enhanced autobiographical recall, verbal fluency, and cognition. Here, we review musical memory in AD, therapeutic effects of studies using MT on AD, and potential mechanisms underlying those therapeutic effects. We argue that, because AD begins decades before the presentation of clinical symptoms, music interventions might be a promising means to delay and decelerate the neurodegeneration in individuals at risk for AD, such as individuals with genetic risk or subjective cognitive decline.

Eva Augusta Vescelius: Life and Music Career Before 1900.

Eva Augusta Vescelius was a prominent woman who contributed to the development of music therapy practice in the United States. From the turn of the twentieth century, she worked to establish the use of music for health, starting with her first public paper presentation in 1900. Vescelius was the first known person in the United States to collectively experiment on the effects of music and health, establish a music therapy practice, found the first music therapy association, and disseminate the first journal dedicated to music therapy. Little is known about Vescelius's lifetime of experiences before 1900 that contributed to her mark on the development of music therapy. Furthermore, the dominant historical narrative of the professionalization process of music therapy in the United States, which was formally organized nearly a half a century after Vescelius began advocating, has not fully considered the contributions of Vescelius and other founding women. The purpose of this historical study was to expand knowledge about Vescelius's life before 1900 and what contributed to her career transition as a professional vocalist. The analysis of primary and secondary sources contributed to the development of the presented biography. Results demonstrate the viability of historical research across the entire continuum of music therapy development and provide an expanded narrative of an important female founder. Ongoing historical research about founding women music therapists is needed in order to counter the existing dominant historical narrative that Vescelius and other women before 1950 minimally contributed to the development of music therapy.

Binaural Beat of Bringbrung Music

Bringbrung is a ritual music in the tradition of society in the Kampung Cidadap Hilir, Ledeng, Kota Bandung. In each of Bringbrung performances, there is always a trance from the player and the audience. This phenomenon becomes the background of this research. One of the musical elements that are thought to be highly influential stimulates trance is binaural sensation. This article explains how the music of Bringbrung can produce binaural sensation so that it can stimulate trance on the players and the audience. The research methods used in this article use qualitative methods with a phenomenological approach. The data was collected through observation, interview notes taking, triangulation, and focus group discussion. The analyses of this research were taken through analysis of reduction data, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of the research that has been done show that binaural sensation has a significant contribution in stimulating trance during the show Bringbrung. Binaural sensation generated from the frequency difference of each Bringbrung instrument that has a range of 0 - 25 Hz. The binaural sensation produced by Bringbrung music is certainly one of the proofs that ritual music in Indonesia has a therapeutic effect. Advanced research in the field is very important for the development of music therapy based on the musical traditions of Indonesia. Keywords: music therapy, psychology of music, psychoacoustic

Karl Königs Beitrag zur Musiktherapie in der Heilpädagogik

Simultaneously with the establishment of music therapy training courses in London and Vienna in 1958/1959, the article by the doctor and founder of the Camphill movement Karl König on Music Therapy in Curative Education was published. König dealt with basic musical elements such as melody, harmony and rhythm and their therapeutic effect on children with severe contact disorders, motor- and hearing impairment. He contributed to the development of anthroposophical music therapy and gave impulses for further research into the effect of music with regard to life, to vitality. In particular, Paul Nordoff, Hans Heinrich Engel, Hermann Pfrogner and Maria Schüppel took up these and advanced them further in their phenomenological research. Thus the work of König and the Camphill Movement seems to have had a historical influence on the development of music therapy. The qualitative approach of internalizing elements of music is relevant again today.

Preface

Preface

Music therapy for preterm infants and their parents: A path forward for research in Poland

Music therapy has been internationally recognized as a health-promoting profession since the end of World War II, and music therapists have been conducting research in neonatal intensive care since the 1990s. Music therapy professional training was established in Poland in 1973 at the Music Academy in Wrocław, and Polish music therapists have recently begun to seek specialization to work within neonatal intensive care. The commencement of the multi-site international randomized controlled trial LongSTEP, Longitudinal Study of music Therapy’s Effectiveness for Premature infants and their caregivers, has provided the impetus for Polish music therapists to begin offering music therapy services in neonatal intensive care. Thus, engagement in research marks the critical first step in the development of music therapy in neonatal care in Poland. This perspective article examines the current state of experimental research on music therapy in neonatal care and explores its implications for future research in Poland by (1) presenting the clinical aspects of prematurity; (2) summarizing experimental research on music therapy in neonatal intensive care; (3) identifying gaps in the related evidence base; (4) discussing recent developments in international music therapy research; (5) contextualizing music therapy in the Polish neonatal health care system; (6) presenting advanced training in neonatal music therapy, and (7) discussing how culturally relevant aspects of neonatal settings in Poland might impact future research. There is preliminary evidence that music therapy plays a beneficial role for preterm infants and their primary caregivers during the neonatal period; however, research examining long-term impacts and longer-term intervention is needed. Researchers in Poland are poised to make a significant contribution to the international evidence base related to music therapy in neonatal care, and further exploration of particular facets of the Polish neonatal health care system that will impact the delivery of music therapy is warranted.

Становление и развитие музыкальной терапии (исторический аспект)

Становление и развитие музыкальной терапии (исторический аспект)

Western-trained music therapist in China: set up a music therapy program in Chinese medical setting

Creative Arts Educ Ther (2017) 3(2):41–46DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2017/3/5 Western-trained music therapist in China: set up a music therapy program in Chinese medical setting 在西方受训的音乐治疗师：建立符合中国医疗体系的音乐治疗项目 Qian Li 李茜 Wuxi Mental Health Center, China Abstract This article provides an overview of the history and development of music therapy in China medical setting. It also includes a pilot project, set up by a western-trained music therapist in a Chinese psychiatric hospital in 2013. The project aimed to explore how to apply music therapy based on Chinese-culture needs , educate and inform participants (medical staff/patients/families) on issues and potentials to mental patients; explain common misunderstandings by using contemporary music therapy perspectives and engage patients in different music therapy models to improve their functions. The project has been ongoing for 4 years and has some good outcomes. The challenges arising from the integration of Chinese and Western cultures are also included in this article. 摘要 本文介绍了音乐治疗在中国医疗领域中的历史和发展现状。2013年一位西方受训的音乐治疗师加入到中国无锡的精神病医院，开始在该领域尝试建立出符合中国国情的医疗音乐治疗项目。该项目主要在探索如何建立起满足中国文化需要的音乐治疗；如何将西方的人本理念灌输到中国的精神病院；如何用当代音乐治疗理念来解释过去遗留在中国音乐治疗界的一些错误认知；如何再创造的使用西方常用的音乐治疗技术来帮助中国的病人达到康复的目的。该项目已持续有4年之久，获得了一些好的结果，项目仍然在持续中。此外，进行中西方文化融合的过程中产生的种种挑战也将在本文中被讨论到。

Behind the scenes

Welcome to this new issue of Approaches. Although published with some delay, we hope that this issue will stimulate dialogue and offer new perspectives to practice, theory and research. Some articles were included in Approaches’ First View section one or two years ago but their content remains relevant to contemporary developments in the music therapy field. In her article, Saville focuses on outcome measurement with specific reference to the ‘East Kent Outcomes System’ (EKOS). The application of EKOS, as a means of identifying and tracking outcomes of participation in music therapy, is illustrated through a case example with an adult with intellectual disability. Saville’s work adds to the expanding interest in outcome measurement in music therapy (Spiro, Tsiris & Cripps 2018a, 2018b). Similarly, Pasiali, Schoolmeesters and Engen present a detailed analysis of measures of resilience. They outline various ways music therapists may look into assessing resilience and use the results as a way to inform their clinical practice. Silverman and Baker turn the spotlight on the notion of flow. They explore its meanings and its potential as a possible mechanism of change that can explain research outcomes in music therapy. On the other hand, Neudofer presents a metatheoretical perspective of music therapy through the lens of Baier’s anthropological theory of spirituality. Through patient narratives emerging from an action research study, she explores how patients with cancer identify their unique stories and find a sense of identity and meaning. Based on an ethnographic study in two homes for the elderly, the final article offers an experiential description of tango during the interwar period in Greece. Koufou explores people’s experiences of tango from a socio-cultural point of view, weaves oral history snippets together, and presents the potential impact of tango on the current sense of identity and wellbeing of the participants. In addition to these five articles, in this issue you will find an interview with Barbara Wheeler, a prominent figure and author of multiple music therapy textbooks. Interviewed by Daphne Rickson, Wheeler reflects on music therapy research, using the publication of the third edition of Music Therapy Research as a springboard. Some of the historical perspectives offered in Wheeler’s interview resonate with those in Suzanne Hanser’s report. Through the account of the establishment and development of music therapy at Berklee College of Music in the USA over the past 20 years, Hanser outlines some broader issues pertaining to the contemporary training of music therapists (see also: Coombes & Etmektsoglou 2017). This journal issue also includes seven book reviews, nine conference reports, as well as a tribute to Mary Priestley, who died on 11th June 2017. Since the last journal issue in 2017, the team of Approaches has been busy improving the journal’s infrastructure and streamlining its reviewing and publication procedures. This work that happens behind the scenes is essential for the sustainability of the journal as we are gradually entering the second decade of its life. Among other developments, a five-year service period has been introduced for all Advisory Editorial Board members. As such, some longstanding members stepped down and some new members joined the team. With this opportunity we would like to warmly thank Catherine Carr, Theo Dimitriadis, Ioanna Etmektsoglou, Panagiotis Kabilis, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos and Evangelia Papanikolaou for their service over the past years. At the same time, we have welcomed Bolette Daniels Beck, Kjetil Hjørnevik and Mike Silverman. The voluntary work of all team members has played, and continues to play, a decisive role in ensuring the quality of the publications appearing in Approaches. With the ultimate goal of advancing music therapy knowledge and practice, our editorial team has collaborated with over 400 contributing authors and 100 reviewers to date. A full list of their names has been made available online: https://approaches.gr/editorial-board In closing, we warmly thank the sponsors of Approaches and we are pleased to announce two new sponsors: ‘echo’ Music Psychotherapy Center, and Music Therapy New Zealand. The support of all sponsors provides the essential means to continue our work and maintain Approaches as an open-access journal. References Coombes, E., & Etmektsoglou, I. (2017). Glimpses into the challenges and opportunities of a new training programme: The MA Music Therapy programme at the University of South Wales. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, 9(1), 120-127. Spiro, N., Tsiris, G., & Cripps, C. (2018a). A systematic review of outcome measures in music therapy. Music Therapy Perspectives, 36(1), 67-78. Spiro, N., Tsiris, G., & Cripps, C. (2018b). “Sounds good, but… what is it?” An introduction to outcome measurement from a music therapy perspective. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, First View (Advance online publication), 1-19. Suggested citation:Tsiris, G., & Pasiali, V. (2018). Behind the scenes. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, 10(1), 5-6.

The Development of Music Therapy in Mainland China

The Development of Music Therapy in Mainland China

Music and Medicine in Spain: History and New Developments of a Growing Discipline

The strong link between music and medicine has been documented in Spain since the 17th century, showing that the therapeutic effects of music have been known for centuries. The development of music therapy as a scientific, independent discipline on the Iberian Peninsula begins in the 1960s due to the pioneering work of Serafina Poch. Since then, the interest in music and medicine both by specialists and public has constantly increased. Nowadays, music therapy is taught in public universities and private institutions, and a growing number of health care and educational centers is implementing music therapy projects each year, producing also an increase in the research on the subject. A sore point, which we hope can be resolved soon, is that music therapy in Spain has not yet been recognized with an official title and as an independent profession, leading to fragmentation of the field and leaving the door open to professional intrusion. Keywords: music therapy, music medicine, Spain.

Terapi Musik: Bebas Budaya atau Terikat Budaya?

Music therapy began to show its existence as one of the new therapeutic methods. Music therapy which was previously identic with Western society, is now starting to be used in Indonesia. It began to develop as one of therapy methods in psychology field. Along with the development of music therapy, the issues around music therapy are also an interesting study material. Newly developed music therapy in Indonesia often has very different application methods between one and another study, and the use of music as a method of therapy is still being debated issue to find good operational standards. Therefore, this paper attempts to examine the growing cultural-related assumptions around music and music therapy.

High needs, low funds: the development of music therapy in a London primary school and children’s centre

Background: Katherine has set up and delivered family-centred music therapy in special and mainstream schools and children’s centres in London for six years. She has developed training programmes in music therapy techniques for school/children’s centre staff.Methods: How can we best provide therapeutic support when funding and space are limited, and communities large? This question is examined within the context of work I ran within an inner city school and children’s centre. I investigate why my role developed from working with children in the school, to focusing on early intervention with pre-school children and families in the nursery and children’s centre on the same site.Discussion: The context is the UK Government-backed “21st century school” (“Think Family Agenda”, 2008) and the necessity faced by schools to support children’s emotional well-being in order to enable learning. I’ll illustrate the work through case vignettes. I will focus on the move towards supporting pre-school children and their f...

Music therapy’s development in mental healthcare: An historical consideration of early ideas and intersecting agents.

Considering the history and development of music therapy in mental health is important in providing practitioners of the field with an understanding of the context in which the profession has emerged. The shaping of the discipline towards professionalization has involved multiple intersecting agents, ideas and processes over many years. This paper reviews some of the milestones and significant junctures that framed the practice of music therapy in mental health care whilst noting how some of these ingredients have been amplified or diminished over time. The author observes the numerous references to the ‘soul’ and ‘spirit’ along this trajectory and asks if such narratives are being lost in descriptions of contemporary music therapy practice in mental health.

The Importance of Research in Educating About Music Therapy

In this "Essay" article, the author explores some ways in which music therapy research is important in educating people—music therapists and those outside of music therapy—about music therapy. There are different levels and types of research, and different levels are appropriate at different points in the development of music therapy in a country. However, some type of music therapy research is important for the development of music therapy in all cases and in all situations and all countries. The author suggests that music therapy research may be used to: (a) describe a situation, (b) identify and examine processes and causal factors, (c) provide evidence about outcomes, or (d) change a situation. Information on music therapy research for each purpose is provide. The article examines how all of these may be used to educate people about music therapy. It is suggested that music therapists in different countries have different needs for research and that one thing that leads to these variations is how highly developed music therapy is in the country.

Group music therapy for prisoners: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial

The prevalence of psychological problems is high in prisons. Many prisoners have unmet needs for appropriate treatments. Although previous studies have suggested music therapy to be a successful treatment modality for prisoners, more rigorous evidence is needed. This parallel randomised controlled study aims to investigate the effectiveness of group music therapy to reduce anxiety and depression, and raise self-esteem in prisoners. One hundred and ninety two inmates from a Chinese prison will be allocated to two groups through randomisation. The experimental group will participate in twice weekly group music therapy for 10 weeks (20 sessions), while the control group will receive all standard care but no music therapy. Anxiety, depression and self-esteem will be measured by self-report scales three times: before, at the middle and at the end of the intervention. Logs by the participants and their daily routine behaviour records will be utilised as additional information. This study will increase the knowledge of the effectiveness of group music therapy for offenders. Generalisability to clinical practice will be strengthened by the flexibility of the intervention and a practical clinical guideline. We hope the findings will be able to support the further development of music therapy in correctional service.

The First Systematic Experimentation in Music Therapy: The Genius of James Leonard Corning

The development of music therapy in the United States prior to 1950 has a fascinating but not well known history. The present study illuminates the music therapy research of James Leonard Corning (1855-1923), a prominent neurologist practicing during the late nineteenth-century in New York City. The purpose of this study was to provide biographical information and description of a series of music therapy experiments conducted by Corning. His 1899 article appearing in the Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery summarized a series of inventive experiments using music to affect emotional states in people with mild behavioral-emotional and sleep disorders. Information was analyzed using a set of primary and secondary sources from contemporaneous books, newspapers and journals. These sources provided biographical information and insight into his experimental methods. Recent sources provided a framework to help understand his conclusions from the viewpoint of late nineteenth-century physicians and for current practitioners of music therapy. Findings indicate that Corning's rationale for using music, visual figures and, occasional medication in the treatment of behavioral-emotional disorders was successful in influencing feelings and emotions in a positive way. He believed that during pre-sleep and sleep, cognitive processes became dormant, allowing the penetration of "musical vibrations" into the subconscious eliminating morbid thoughts that plagued his patients. Understanding Corning's contributions to music therapy will assist contemporary educators and therapists to better understand the impact of early contributions to music therapy by late nineteenth-century practitioners such as Corning.