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- 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.
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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
For example, Aalbers and colleagues used an Emotion-Regulating Improvisational Music Therapy (EIMT) intervention that embeds music-making to enhance attunement and emotion regulation to reduce depression symptoms among female young adults.
Based on a previous trial that suggested beneficial effects of integrative improvisational music therapy (IIMT) on short and medium-term depression symptoms as well as anxiety and functioning, this trial aims to determine potential mechanisms of and improvements in its effects by examining specific variations of IIMT.
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
- 10.1186/1471-244X-8-50
- 2008
- BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8: 50.
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 27, 2020 · The present study is a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of music therapy on both physiological stress-related arousal (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, hormone levels) and psychological stress-related experiences (e.g., state anxiety, restlessness or nervousness) in clinical health care settings.
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Jan 10, 2022 · Results of the meta-analyses showed that music listening had an overall significant large effect on alleviating anxiety (d = −0.77 [95% CI = −1.26, −0.28], k = 21). It was concluded that music listening is effective for reducing anxiety in a range of groups.