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Music Therapy

Known as: Therapy, Music 
Treatment that uses music to help relieve pain or stress and promote well-being. It is being studied in the treatment of several cancer-related… 
National Institutes of Health

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Recreational therapy

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Individual music therapy for depression: randomised controlled trial
Background Music therapy has previously been found to be effective in the treatment of depression but the studies have been… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
A Neuroscientific Perspective on Music Therapy
  • S. Koelsch
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • 2009
  • Corpus ID: 16815652
During the last years, a number of studies demonstrated that music listening (and even more so music production) activates a… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Effect of Music Therapy on Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Alzheimer’s Type Dementia: Randomised, Controlled Study
Background/Aims: Numerous studies have indicated the value of music therapy in the management of patients with Alzheimer’s… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Music therapy for depression.
BACKGROUND Depression is a highly prevalent disorder associated with reduced social functioning, impaired quality of life, and… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Efficacy of Music Therapy in the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
BackgroundMusic therapy (MT) has been proposed as valid approach for behavioral and psychologic symptoms (BPSD) of dementia… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Music therapy for autistic spectrum disorder.
BACKGROUND The central impairments of people with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) include social interaction and communication… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Music therapy in moderate and severe dementia of Alzheimer's type: a case–control study
Background: Music therapy is a potential non-pharmacological treatment for the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Music therapy for people with dementia.
BACKGROUND Dementia is a clinical syndrome with a number of different causes which is characterised by deterioration in cognitive… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Active Music Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease: An Integrative Method for Motor and Emotional Rehabilitation
Background Modern management of Parkinson’s disease (PD) aims to obtain symptom control, to reduce clinical disability, and to… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The impact of music therapy on language functioning in dementia.
Dementias, such as Alzheimer's disease, include a progressive deterioration of language functioning. While some researchers have… 
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