Music therapy for delinquency involved juveniles through tripartite collaboration: a mixed method study - Chong HJ, Yun J.
This study introduces a music therapy project for young offenders through community collaboration and its efficacy through a mixed method. The project called Young& Great Music is carried out via collaboration among three parties, which are the educationa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Role of music therapy in traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Mishra R, Andres Florez-Perdomo W, Shrivatava A, Chouksey P, Raj S, Rafael Moscote-Salazar L, Rahman M, Sutar R, Agrawal A.
INTRODUCTION: Music therapy has promising results in improving rehabilitation outcomes of patients with various neurological disorders; however, its effectiveness in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients is not clear.
METHODS: A search that compared th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Atrium Health Levine Children's uses music in treatment plans for patients and families
Music is healing. It ’s clinically proven to lower pain, reduce anxiety, provide coping skills, and serve as a way of self-expression. Levine Children's music therapists incorporate all sorts of instruments and songwriting into their sessions … including using the patient’s own heartbeat.
Learn more about Atrium Health Levine Children’s music therapy program. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 1, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Atrium Health Levine Children's uses music in treatment plans for patients and families
Music is healing. It ’s clinically proven to lower pain, reduce anxiety, provide coping skills, and serve as a way of self-expression. Levine Children's music therapists incorporate all sorts of instruments and songwriting into their sessions … including using the patient’s own heartbeat.
Learn more about Atrium Health Levine Children’s music therapy program. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 1, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Virtual Developmental Music Therapy Class for NICU Infants Virtual Developmental Music Therapy Class for NICU Infants
Delivering in-person music therapy programs during the current COVID-19 pandemic has posed a challenge. Might a virtual program provide the same benefits?Pediatric Nursing (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Alternative cancer treatments
Alternative cancer treatments such as massage, yoga, music therapy, and meditation may not play a direct role in curing your cancer, but they may help you cope. Many signs and symptoms caused by cancer and cancer treatments, including anxiety, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, difficulty sleeping, and stress, may be eased by alternative treatments. Here [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 9, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
The effect of music therapy on physiological parameters of patients with traumatic brain injury: a triple-blind randomized controlled clinical trial - Froutan R, Eghbali M, Hoseini SH, Mazloom SR, Yekaninejad MS, Boostani R.
This study aims to investigate the effect of music therapy integrated with family recollection on physiological parameters of patients with traumatic brain injury who are admitted to Intensive Care Units.
METHODS: Sixty patients were selecte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
Coping with Voices
Like a lot of people with schizophrenia, I hear voices. I fully understand that these voices are one of the symptoms of my schizoaffective brain disease. Usually I hear these voices when I am alone. I hear voices throughout the day, even when I am driving my car. The medication I am prescribed helps me to manage the voices, but the meds do not make the voices totally disappear.
Some of the voices I hear are a running commentary of what I am doing at the moment such as: “He is at the computer,” or “He is walking.” If I am cooking then they might say, “He is cooking.” When I am cooking, these voices can distract ...
Source: Psych Central - July 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jason Jepson Tags: Antipsychotics Personal Stories Schizoaffective Disorder Schizophrenia Coping Skills Delusions Hallucinations Music Therapy positive symptoms Psychosis Source Type: news
Benefits of a Comprehensive Evidence-Based NICU-MT Program Benefits of a Comprehensive Evidence-Based NICU-MT Program
Learn more about neonatal intensive care music therapy and find out about the therapeutic and neurodevelopmental benefits it provides.Pediatric Nursing (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing Journal Article Source Type: news
In a pandemic's dark days, these hospice workers found creative ways to bring light
In ordinary times, music therapy for Michael Russo's hospice patients revolves around glorified home concerts: the troubadour breaks out the guitar, plays Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" or "Crazy" by Willie Nelson and spreads life-affirming joy during a patient's final days. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Listening to music helps recovery of stroke patients by 'stimulating their brain'
In the first study of its kind, researchers evaluated how music therapy improved the lives of stroke patients at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Music Therapy Boosts Stroke-Recovery Rates, Aids Memory
“Some people say that it’s like magic. ... I don’t think it’s like magic; it’s like music. ... –Music therapist Skylar Freeman ... “Wouldn’t it be great if for pain, music was the first prescriptio... (Source: AARP.org News)
Source: AARP.org News - March 2, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Horseback riding combined with cognitive exercises can help children with ADHD and autism spectrum
(Frontiers) A combination of therapeutic horseback riding and brain-building exercises can help children with neurodevelopmental disorders improve their motor skills, according to a new study. Combining lessons about horse anatomy, riding equipment, and the basics of riding with music therapy, eye tracking exercises and hand-eye coordination tasks shows the first evidence of both short and long-term benefits of using a combined program of horseback riding and brain training. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Treatment for depression comorbid with dementia: A clinical review
Depression is a common comorbidity in dementia. Randomised controlled studies of antidepressants do not show a significant improvement in depressive symptoms in patients with comorbid dementia and are known to lead to an increase in side effects. However, there are relatively few studies of depression in dementia, and drawing firm conclusions about the use of antidepressants is limited by the amount of data available. Furthermore, it is unclear whether data can be extrapolated from similar populations (eg, those with late-life depression) to inform pharmacotherapy in this patient group. Given the lack of effectiveness and ...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kids With Cancer: Music Therapy Ups Well-Being, but Underused Kids With Cancer: Music Therapy Ups Well-Being, but Underused
For children with cancer, music therapy can build resilience and improve quality of life and outcomes. But in the US, experts warn that too few therapists could be putting the most vulnerable patients at risk.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 22, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
