Music Therapy - Trends
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Massage or music for pain relief in labour: a pilot randomised placebo controlled trial.

2 Mar 2008 Research on massage therapy for maternal pain and anxiety in labour is currently limited to four small trials. Each used different massage techniques, at different frequencies and durations, and relaxation techniques were included in three trials. ... Read more...

Evaluating current trends in psychiatric music therapy: a descriptive analysis.

30 Dec 2006 Approximately 21% of music therapists report working in the mental health field, more so than another other specific client population category (AMTA, 2005). The purpose of this study was to descriptively evaluate psychiatric music therapists and ... Read more...

The future of music in therapy and medicine.

29 Nov 2005 The understanding of music's role and function in therapy and medicine is undergoing a rapid transformation, based on neuroscientific research showing the reciprocal relationship between studying the neurobiological foundations of music in the brain ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Music Therapy - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Part 2: A reader and author respond to "Esoteric or exoteric? Music in medicine". 12 Apr 2008
• A reader and author respond to "Esoteric or exoteric? Music in medicine". 12 Mar 2008
• Massage or music for pain relief in labour: a pilot randomised placebo controlled trial. 2 Mar 2008
• Esoteric or exoteric? Music in medicine. 26 Jan 2008
• Evaluating current trends in psychiatric music therapy: a descriptive analysis. 30 Dec 2006
• The future of music in therapy and medicine. 29 Nov 2005
• Music as therapy. 27 Feb 2005
• Music therapy, a future alternative intervention against diseases. 30 Dec 2003
• Advances in Alzheimer's disease. 30 Oct 2002
• Music therapists chime in with data on medical results. 7 Feb 2000
• [Music therapy: history and perspectives] 30 Dec 1999
• Incorporating music into the surgical environment. 30 Dec 1998
• Design technology: life-enhancing sound design. 30 Dec 1996
• [Music therapy in psychiatric clinics. Questionnaire study on utilization and realization] 27 Feb 1995
• Music for the dying: a personal account of the new field of music-thanatology--history, theories, and clinical narratives. 27 Feb 1994
• Music therapy perspectives in palliative care education. 30 Dec 1992
• [Music psychotherapy] 23 Apr 1990
• [Psychomusical technics and mental health: towards a prospective integrated model of praxis-research and theory] 29 Jun 1987
• Music therapy in Japan: an 11-year update. 30 Dec 1986
• [Regulative music therapy (RMT) in depressive diseases--a contribution to the development of psychotherapy in psychiatry] 30 Aug 1986

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Technical information about 'Music Therapy'

Definition: The use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders.

Descriptor UI: D009147

Alternative terms: Music Therapy; Therapy, Music;

Related Mesh Headings: Acoustic Stimulation;

Allowable Qualifiers: trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards;

Tree Number: E02.190.888.500; E02.831.440; F04.754.549;

History Note: 74

Technical Notes: DF: MUSIC THER