Empirical evidence for the effectiveness of music therapy (review)
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University of Osnabrück , Finland
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University of Osnabrück , Finland
For centuries, people have believed in the manipulating and healing powers of music. Nowadays music is available everywhere and people do not only enjoy it for entertainment or in social surroundings but listen to music for relaxation or mood regulation. In therapy, music has been used in many ways with different techniques, but the outcome is reported to be similar: Therapists and patients are convinced and have experienced the successes of music therapy. But up to this day there has been low general acceptance of music therapy due to the lack of empirical evidence.
This work aims at giving an overview over the research in the field of music therapy, summarizing research methods and outcomes. Furthermore, suggestions for future research will be given and, relying on the results gained by the review work, research methods will be recommended. In addition, advantages of music therapy for different mental and neural diseases will be discussed.
Conference:
Tuning the Brain for Music, Helsinki, Finland, 5 Feb - 6 Feb, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Posters
Citation:
Ritter
A
(2009). Empirical evidence for the effectiveness of music therapy (review).
Conference Abstract:
Tuning the Brain for Music.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.02.022
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Received:
26 Jan 2009;
Published Online:
26 Jan 2009.
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Correspondence:
Aileen Ritter, University of Osnabrück, Helsinki, Finland, ailen.ritter@helsinki.fi