MTU Library Catalogue

Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Music therapy in health and education / edited by Margaret Heal and Tony Wigram ; foreword by Anthony Storr.

Contributor(s): Heal, Margaret | Wigram, Tony | British Society for Music Therapy | Association of Professional Music Therapists (Great Britain).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : J. Kingsley, 1993Description: xii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 185302175X.Subject(s): Music therapyDDC classification: 615.85154
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 615.85154 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00121866
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 615.85154 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00103423
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 615.85154 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00103424
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 615.85154 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00103422
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Music therapy is a diverse, stimulating and challenging field of work that explores our experience of sound, emotion and behaviour. It is recognised as a unique intervention in which noticeable change and development occur, due to the importance of the therapeutic relationship between client and therapist. As the music therapy profession has grown, the scientific and professional worlds have become increasingly interested in both the nature and process of music therapy, and in clear evidence of its outcomes and effectiveness. It has excited much interest and attention from the medical profession, paramedical professions, and education services, and from people in many other walks of life.

The twenty-two chapters of this international book (by leading professionals) reflect the breadth and scope of music therapy practice in the world today. Divided into two areas - clinical practice and research - sections have been ordered according to the chronological ages of the subjects rather than by the setting of the work, the dominant presenting problem of the client group, or the approach employed. Clinical areas presented include studies on autistic children, Rett Syndrome, schizophrenia, eating disorders, profound disabilities, psychogeriatrics, psychiatry, adolescents in secure care, challenging behaviour, developmental disability and special education. The research section includes a literature review and a selection of applied research, including issues of assessment, methodology, measurement and evaluation.

Selected and rev. papers from the proceedings of the conference, Music therapy in health and education in the European Community, sponsored by the British Society for Music Therapy and the Association of Professional Music Therapists, held at King's College, Cambridge, in April 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Margaret Heal is a Senior Music Therapist for the Learning Disabilities Care Group, Forest Healthcare Trust, and a Clinical Supervisor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Tony Wigram was Professor and Head of PhD Studies in Music Therapy at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Music at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Reader in Music Therapy at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. He was Associate Editor of the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, and a former President of both the European Music Therapy Confederation and the World Federation of Music Therapy. He was also Head Music Therapist at the Harper Children's Service in Hertfordshire, UK, and Research Advisor to Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust.