Effects of family-based educational music therapy on acute care psychiatric patients and their family members: An exploratory mixed-methods study

Abstract

To cite this article: Michael J. Silverman (2014) Effects of family-based educational music therapy on acute care psychiatric patients and their family members: An exploratory mixed-methods study, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 23:2, 99-122,

Music Therapy for Prisoners

“…This low number of sessions was not planned and reduced the power of the study. Although some studies have investigated potential effects of a single-session music therapy (Silverman, 2013a(Silverman, , 2013b, findings from meta-analyses suggest a strong relationship between the number of sessions and effect size (Gold et al, 2009). The predicted effect size of four sessions on depressive symptoms would have been 0.20 (Gold et al, 2009), and a much larger sample size would have been needed to detect such a small effect (Gold, 2004).…”

Humour in music therapy: A narrative literature review

“…Most commonly, humour was referred to as an integral part of therapeutic and relational work (Trevarthen, 1997); its presence an implicit sign of trust, and many music therapists mentioned the existence of humour as indicating a constructive development in the music therapy relationship (Aigen, 2013;Andsell, 2002;Baker et al, 2012;Bower & Shoemark, 2009;Cobbett, 2009;Hara, 2011;Holck, 2004a;2004b;Jackson, 2015;Jones, 2012;Margetts et al, 2013;Oldfield & Bunce, 2001;Rolvsjord, 2015;Silverman, 2014;Stensaeth & Trondalen, 2012;Tervo, 2005;Trondalen, 2001). However, as Silverman (2014) notes, despite the fact that humour clearly appeared to help build rapport between client and therapists there have not been any empirical studies to corroborate or explore this further.…”

“…Some music therapists, in addition to Amir (2005), referred to the use of humour as a specific technique in music therapy (Holck, 2004b;Sevcik, 2017;Silverman, 2014). In doing this, most therapists referred to using verbal humour rather than musical humour.…”

“…Following this: "Sometimes the humour was directed toward the child or was a funny comment made by one of the adults that only the adults might understand" (p. 122). This is not discussed in further depth but could imply, as Tuastad and Stige (2015) showed, that humour might be used as a way of strengthening bonds, promoting rapport (Maratos, 2004;Silverman, 2014), creating and uniting a group, and/or communicating certain information between one person/group, which another person/group, might not understand.…”

Eficacia de la musicoterapia en el bienestar psicológico y la calidad de vida en personas con discapacidad física y orgánica severa

“…Es definida por Poch (2001), como "la aplicación científica del arte de la música y la danza con finalidad terapéutica, para prevenir, restaurar y acrecentar la salud tanto física como mental y psíquica del ser humano, a través de la acción del musicoterapeuta" (p. 93). Dado que la calidad de vida es un sistema de valores donde predomina la necesidad de desarrollo personal, de autorrealización y de unos estilos de vida más armoniosos y sociales (Seoane, 1999), se defiende el uso profesional de la musicoterapia en entornos médicos, educativos y cotidianos con personas que buscan optimizar su calidad de vida y mejorar su salud y bienestar físico, social, emocional, intelectual y espiritual (Soria et al, 2011). Benenzon (2011) la establece en su modelo como una psicoterapia no-verbal que utiliza las expresiones corpóreo-sonoras no-verbales para desarrollar un vínculo relacional entre musicoterapeuta y otras personas necesitadas de ayuda, para mejorar el bienestar y la calidad de vida.…”