| When exploring health and music we must consider | | | | who has completed an approved music therapy |
| Music therapy. This is the use of music by health care | | | | program. |
| professionals to promote healing and enhance the | | | | It is often used in cancer treatment to help reduce |
| quality of life for their patients. | | | | pain, anxiety, and nausea caused by chemotherapy. |
| This discipline is an established health care profession | | | | Music therapy assisted labor and delivery may also be |
| that uses music to address physical, emotional, | | | | included in this category since pregnancy is regarded |
| cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages. | | | | as a normal part of woman's life cycles. |
| Music therapy improves the quality of life for persons | | | | Music therapy allows persons with mental health |
| who are well and meets the needs of children and | | | | needs to: explore personal feelings, make positive |
| adults with disabilities or illnesses. | | | | changes in mood and emotional states, have a sense |
| Interventions can be designed to: promote wellness, | | | | of control over life through successful experiences, |
| manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, | | | | practice problem solving, and resolve conflicts leading |
| enhance memory, improve communication, and/or | | | | to stronger family and peer relationships. |
| promote physical rehabilitation. | | | | It is comparable to other health professions like |
| Music therapy is an interpersonal process in which a | | | | occupational therapy and physical therapy in that |
| trained music therapist uses music and all of its | | | | individual assessments are provided for each client |
| facets -- physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, | | | | and service must be found reasonable and necessary |
| and spiritual to help clients to improve or maintain | | | | for the individual's illness or injury. |
| their health. The therapy is used with individuals of all | | | | Interventions include a goal-directed documented |
| ages and with a variety of conditions, including: | | | | treatment plan. Music therapy is used in many |
| psychiatric disorders, medical problems, physical | | | | settings, including schools, rehabilitation centers, |
| handicaps, sensory impairments, developmental | | | | hospitals, hospice, nursing homes, community centers, |
| disabilities, substance abuse, communication disorders, | | | | and sometimes even in the home. |
| interpersonal problems, and aging. | | | | Music therapy in a hospital environment with those |
| Music therapy has existed in its common current | | | | who are sick, preparing for surgery, or recovering |
| form in the United States since around 1944, when | | | | post-operatively is appropriate and beneficial. It has |
| the first undergraduate degree program in the world | | | | enabled some autistic children to relate to others and |
| was founded at Michigan State University and the | | | | have improved learning skills. |
| first graduate degree program at the University of | | | | It has been used to improve motor coordination in |
| Kansas. | | | | cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. It can also act |
| This is the clinical and evidence-based use of music | | | | as a psycho-therapeutic agent to improve low |
| interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a | | | | self-esteem. |
| therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional | | | | |