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Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Light on a Dark Night

By Simon Gilbertson , David Aldridge

Book information

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year
2008
ISBN
1843106655, 9781843103028, 9781853027550, 9781843103738, 9781843101406
LCC
ML3834 .A43 2008
Open Library ID
OL11959033M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4811582 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
161\161
Topic
Medicine Therapy
Library
ebook3000.com
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

Musical improvisation is an increasingly recognised rehabilitative therapy for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury initially thought to be 'unreachable' or 'non-responsive'."Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury" demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic, rather than purely functional, needs of people affected by severe head trauma. Divided into three parts, the first section provides an introduction to the effects brain injury has on a person's livelihood. The second is a comprehensive review of available literature on the use of music therapy in the neurorehabilitative setting. The final section examines three case studies designed according to 'therapeutic narrative analysis', an adaptive research method that uses interviewing and video, which focuses on the unique relationship between the professional and the patient.This book will give clinicians key notes for practice and a vision of the integral role music therapy can have in the successful rehabilitation from brain injury.

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