Music therapy in the management of medical conditions / Mandana Hashefi, MD, FACR, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hashefi, Mandana, editor.

Series:

Health psychology research focus series.

Health Psychology Research Focus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music therapy.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Music--Psychological aspects.

Music.

Music--Physiological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Music has been used as a mood altering intervention for thousands of years. There are numerous examples of the healing powers of music in the historical records of different cultures. In the last few decades, investigators have developed a more scientific approach to exploring the mechanisms by which music exerts its effects on the brain and other organs. Music interventions are now being used in medicine and nursing throughout the world, and "music therapy" has become an accepted discipline alongside other paramedical professions. This book is a timely and comprehensive review of the use of music as a complementary therapy, and for management of some "otherwise difficult to treat" conditions. The authors, each experts in their chosen field of medicine, have come together to compile an excellent, clear and precise update regarding the use of music therapy in different illnesses and neuropsychiatric conditions. This book contains information useful to psychologists, psychiatrists and physicians involved in primary care in other branches of medicine, as well as health science students and other health professionals interested in music as a complementary and alternative therapy (CAM). This book adds music as a potent, enlightening, and life-enriching addition to our armamentarium for the management of complex medical conditions. The content of some chapters may foster more ideas for future research. Throughout the book, there is an emphasis on the greater need for large, blinded, controlled studies to better support music therapy.

Contents:

Music as a therapeutic modality in history / Mandana Hashefi

Music-induced analgesia : the neurobiology of the analgesic effects of music in acute and chronic pain / Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal, and others

The impact of music on neurological disorders / Mandana Hashefi

Music therapy for autistic spectrum disorder / Veronica Slootsky, Christian Gold

Music therapy in management of psychiatric disorders / Veronica Slootsky, Sally Hse, Pooja Lakshmin, Jason Emejeru, Thomas Bruce Shaver, Christian Gold, and others

Music effects on metabolism and exercise performance / Mandana Hashefi

Music therapy in sleep disorders / Vivek Jain

Music therapy for critically ill patients / Rachael Faught, Rajesh Bhagat

Cardiovascular effects of music / Parvinder Sheena Khuran, and Charanjit S. Khurana

Coping with cancer through music / Fereshteh Ahmadi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-522-6