E-Book of Articles - World Federation of Music Therapy

Nayak, Sangeetha: Music Therapy in Brain Injury Rehabilitation ...
express frustration and depression
facilitate emotional expression and communication
Controlled Research Studies
Effects of Music Therapy on Social-Emotional Functioning Following TBI and
Stroke
*Significant improvement in emotional empathy as reported by family
members and friends, but not by participants
*Reduction in depression (not statistically significant)
Eslinger, P., Stauffer, J. W., Rohrbacher, M., & Grattan, L.
M. (1993). Music therapy and brain injury. Report to the
Office of Alternative Medicine at the NIH.
*Orientation and agitation improved with music therapy
Baker, F. A. (1999). Effects of Live and Taped Music on
Orientation and Agitation with People Experiencing Post-
Traumatic Amnesia After TBI. Unpublished thesis,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, AU.
Effects of Music Therapy on Mood with People Who Have Had Strokes
*Less depression and anxiety
*More emotional stability
Purdie, cited in Marwick, C. (1996). Leaving concert
hall for clinic, therapists now test music's ‘charms.’
Journal of the American Medical Association, 275(4),
267-268.
Clinical Perspective of Study
Addresses needs of people with stroke and TBI to:
* Decrease depression
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