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Dec 18, 2014 · Improvisation in music therapy is seen to have specific benefits for particular populations including the amelioration of neurological damage, improvements in mental health conditions, reductions in stress and anxiety, and improved communication and joint attention behaviours in children with autistic spectrum disorders.
- Raymond Ar MacDonald, Graeme B Wilson
- 2014
Emerging research supports the potential of music-based interventions to improve mental health, but their efficacy remains unclear for A-YA. This systematic review evaluates the evidence on music-based psychosocial interventions to improve engagement in treatment and/or mental health outcomes among A-YA.
Jun 28, 2008 · Overall, the review supported the conclusion that music therapy is an effective treatment for depression, and suggested that future research should, besides improving methodological quality, specifically address the working modes and the underlying theories of music therapy approaches.
- Jaakko Erkkilä, Christian Gold, Jörg Fachner, Esa Ala-Ruona, Marko Punkanen, Mauno Vanhala
- 2008
Oct 23, 2020 · Specifically, music therapy was more effective for cognitive measures in mild cases of AD but more effective for emotional and social measures in moderate to severe cases.
- Psyche Loui
- 2020
Improvisation in music therapy is seen to have specific benefits for particular populations including the amelioration of neurological damage, improvements in mental health conditions, reductions in stress and anxiety, and improved communication and joint attention behaviours in children with autistic spectrum disorders.
- MacDonald RAR, Wilson GB
- Musical improvisation and health: a review
- Journal Article
- 2014
Nov 1, 2020 · A Cochrane review and meta-analysis showed that music therapy, including improvisational music therapy, is effective for depression, decreasing depressive symptoms and anxiety and improving functioning (Aalbers et al., 2017; Erkkila et al., 2008, 2011).
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In particular, elderly participants showed impressive improvements when they listened to music or participated in music therapy projects. Researchers used group settings more often than individual sessions and our results indicated a slightly better outcome for those cases.
