Neurologic Music Therapy and Group Psychotherapy for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury: Evaluation of a Cognitive Rehabilitation Group

Proposing Music-based Interventions for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms: Current Evidence and Future Directions

“…Although injury severity was not reported in the following study, Gardiner and Horwitz 8 reported significant improvements in planning (as measured by a series of mazes from the Weschler Intelligence Scale-III), and mental flexibility (Trail making test-B) in 22 veterans with TBI after employing specific MBI protocols targeting attention, executive function, and memory. Notably, the conclusions of these findings are limited by the open-label pretest–posttest design with no randomization or control/comparator group.…”

“…Ideally, delivery of MBIs would be carried out by a trained music therapist in collaboration with either an occupational or physical therapist following a validated protocol. 8 , 9 , 7 There is potential to deliver MBIs by a credentialed music therapist virtually as well. However, many communities may not have access to therapists of specialized resources, and modified protocols could be developed that are self-directed (e.g., learning an instrument via internet or phone-based applications, memorizing lyrics and singing along to favourite songs, or tapping along to the beat while listening to their favourite pieces of music, for at least 15 minutes daily), although collaboration among local university-based music therapy departments (if applicable) would be recommended.…”

Humour in music therapy: A narrative literature review

“…This spotlight on social status reveals one fundamental aspect of why humour happens, in addition to uncovering what could be an important part of the experience of humour. Nevertheless, of all the articles searched (including the in-depth studies found), there were only three in which humour was documented as being referred to by clients or patients (Gardiner & Horwitz, 2015;Powell, 2006;Rolvsjord, 2015). In Powell's (2006) study, an elderly client commented that: "Music is universal like humour.…”