An analysis of the music therapy literature yields numerous reports to support the role of music in the alleviation of pain in palliative care. Four theoretical perspectives that support why many patients report reduced pain sensation after music therapy include: the psychological relationship between music and pain; the psychophysiological theory; spinal mechanisms involved in pain modulation;...

The utility of music therapy as a related service modality in special education is far reaching, yet many professionals in the fields of education and psychology know little about this specialty. Music therapy is a creative art therapy that crosses multiple areas of treatment and can be effective in facilitating development in numerous areas of children’s functioning. Music therapists both as c...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore perspectives on music therapy as a nursing intervention in adult cancer care and to expand and integrate knowledge and understanding about music therapy as an adjunctive intervention in adult cancer nursing care. DATA SOURCES Published nursing articles. DATA SYNTHESIS Medical and nursing journals have reported on research related to music and its effect as a nu...

OBJECTIVE Music therapy has experienced a rising demand as an adjunct therapy for symptom management among palliative care patients. We conducted a realist review of the literature to develop a greater understanding of how music therapy might benefit palliative care patients and the contextual mechanisms that promote or inhibit its successful implementation. METHOD We searched electronic data...

introduction: nowadays the use of music therapy for neurological disorders in developed countries is widely emphasized. despite this, there is little scientific evidence regarding the use of this method for the treatment of iranian patients with stroke. case report: since iranian patients are more familiar with persian music,this study was performed to describe the effects of listening to the p...

Music is a universal human trait. The healing power of music has been acknowledged in almost all traditions of music. Music therapy is moving from a social-science model focusing on overall health and well-being towards a neuroscience model focusing on specific elements of music and its effect on sensorimotor, language and cognitive functions. The handful of evidence-based music therapy studies...

BACKGROUND Music therapy is a common complementary and alternative therapy in addition to medical treatment for patients with cancer. If music therapy, which is known has a positive effect on human emotions and behaviors, is a useful additional therapy, it should be more integrated into pyscho-oncology. In this study, we aimed to determine medical oncologist attitudes to music therapy for patie...

Substance abuse withdrawal symptoms are often precipitants of relapse. Music therapy is a complementary and integrative psychosocial treatment modality that is often used in substance abuse rehabilitation settings. The purpose of this chapter is to orient readers to music therapy as a complimentary and integrative treatment and briefly summarize music therapy studies targeting substance abuse w...