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KayleeGodfrey
Mrs.DeBock
English4Honors
24September,2015
ResearchQuestion:Howismusictherapyhelpful?
WorkingThesisStatement:Musictherapyhelpsthosewithillness.
RefinedThesisStatement:Musictherapyisbeneficialandtherapeutictothosesufferingfrom
illness,braininjuryandbraindysfunction.
AnnotatedBibliography
Appello,DeborahA."Musictherapy."Complementary&AlternativeMedicine.Ed.RichardP.
CapricciosoandPaulMoglia.Hackensack:Salem,2012.n.pag.SalemOnline.Web.15
Sep.2015.
MusicTherapybyDeborahAAppelloisanentryofSalemHealthyComplementary&
AlternativeMedicinethatdefinesthetermmusictherapyandproposesusesofthetherapeutic
practice.Theentrydiscussestherootofmusictherapyandhowtheusefulnessofmusictherapy
hasbeenrecognizedforovertwohundredyears.Theentryalsoexplainshowmusictherapycan
beusedinthetreatmentofpersonswithlanguagedeficits,peoplerecoveringfromstrokesor
braininjury,childrenwithautismandotherpeoplewithbraininjuryordysfunction.Theentry
alsoexplainshowmusicallowsthebraintorelearnspeechthroughtherighthemisphereofthe

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brain,avoidingthedamaged,rightside,ofthebrain.Thisentryiscriticaltotheresearchbecause
itcoversthebasicsofmusictherapyandgivesexamplesofhowmusicistherapeutictothose
willillnessanddisorders.
Fallon,Bill."MusicSparksMemoriesforThoseWithAlzheimer's."FairfieldCountyBusiness
Journal51.15(2015):19.SmallBusinessReferenceCenter.Web.22Sept.2015.
MusicSparksMemoriesforThosewithAlzheimers.isanarticlethatdiscussesa
programthatbringspersonalizedmusicintothelivesofelderlysufferingfromAlzheimers
diseaseandotherformsofdementia.Musicalinterestofthepatientisgatheredfromfriends,
familyandstaffofthepatientandaspecificplaylistismadefortheperson.Themusicmaybe
fromwhentheywereachild,aweddingsongorsongsthatwerepopularwhenthepatientwas
younger.ThemusichelpstriggerpositivememoriesandemotionsinAlzheimersanddementia
patients.Thearticlereportsanurseatoneofthefacilitiesclaimingapatientmorealertand
talkativeforhoursafterlisteningtoherpersonalizedplaylistonheriPod.Thearticleisrelevant
totheresearchbecauseitstateshowmusictherapyhelpsimprovequalityoflifeforpatientswith
Alzheimersdiseaseandotherformsofdementia.
Grocke,D.Bloch,S.Castle,D.Thompson,G.Newton,R.Stewart,S.Gold,C."GroupMusic
TherapyforSevereMentalIllness:ARandomizedEmbeddedExperimentalMixed
MethodsStudy."ActaPsychiatricaScandinavica130.2(2014):144153.Psychology
andBehavioralSciencesCollection.Web.17Sept.2015.
ThearticleGroupMusicTherapyforSevereMentalIllness:ARandomizedEmbedded
ExperimentalMixedMethodsStudyisaclinicalreportofanexperimentthathadagoalto

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determinetheeffectsofgroupmusictherapyonthosewithseverementalillness(SMI).The
articleexplainshowthosewithSMIoftendealwithfeelingsofisolation,havedifficultywith
socialactivitiesandfacemanymoreproblemsonadailybasisthataffecttheirlivesgreatly.
Scientistsgatheredatotalof99patientsfrommultiplementalhealthcentersinAustralia.They
hypothesizedthatgroupmusictherapywouldbebeneficialtothepatientsqualityoflife,social
wellbeing,selfesteemandspirituality.Thestudyprovedthatgroupmusictherapycausedthe
spiritualitytopatientstoincrease;somepatientsexperiencedanincreaseinconfidencealong
withanimprovementintheglobalseverityofillness.Thisarticleisrelevanttotheresearch
becauseitgivesexamplesofpeopledealingwithillnessusingmusictoimprovetheirlives.
Kolman,Barry."EasingAutismwithMusic."EducationDigest78.8(n.d.):66.Science
ReferenceCenter.Web.15Sept.2015.
EasingAutismwithMusicisanarticlewrittenbyBarryKolman.Inthearticle,
Kolmantellsthestoryofhisadopteddaughter,Emanuela,whohasAutismSpectrumDisorder.
Emanuela,a13yearoldgirlfromBrazil,wasbeingtaughthowtoplaytheclarinetbyher
adoptivefather,BarryKolman.Barrystatesthatlearningtheclarinetwasbeneficialtothegirl
becauseitstimulatedneuronsinherbrainandhelpedimproveheremotionalbehavior.Playing
musichelpedManosbehaviorandfeelingsofloneliness.PlayingtheclarinethelpedEmanuela
regulateherownmood.Herfatherclaimsshebecameawareofwhatshewasfeelingandbarely
hadanyoutburstslikeshehadpreviouslyhadbeforeshestartedplayingmusic.Emanuelagained
confidenceandlovedtoplayinfrontofpeopleandshowoffhernewtalent.Thearticleis
relevanttotheresearchbecauseitsupportsthethesisthatmusictherapyisbeneficialandthe
articlegivesareallifeexamplewheremusichelpedsomeoneimprovewithamentaldisorder.

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McClean,Stuart,LeslieBunt,andNormaDaykin."TheHealingAndSpiritualPropertiesOf
MusicTherapyAtACancerCareCenter."JournalOfAlternative&Complementary
Medicine18.4(2012):402.AdvancedPlacementSource.Web.21Sept.2015.
ThearticleTheHealingandSpiritualPropertiesofMusicTherapyataCancerCare
CenterbyMcClean,BuntandDaykinisanarticlethatexploresthespirituality,healthandwell
beingofcancerpatientsthatparticipatedinmusictherapyatafivedayretreatprogram.Two
weeksafterthemusictherapysession,phoneinterviewswererecordedofthepatientswho
participated.Patientsreportedtheimmediateeffectsofmusictherapywhichwererelaxationand
joy.Patientsalsoreportedfeelingsofhealing,connectednesswithotherpatients,asenseof
relief,hopeandmanyotherpositiveemotionsbecauseofthemusictherapysession.Thearticle
isrelevanttotheresearchbecauseitshowshowmusictherapyimprovedthelivesofpeople
sufferingfromalifethreateningillness.
Thompson,WilliamForde,andGottfriedSchlaug."TheHealinePowerofMusic."Scientific
AmericanMind26.2(2015):32.MasterFILEPremier.Web.22Sept.2015.
TheHealinePowerofMusicisanarticlewrittenbyThompsonandGottfriedthat
discussestheeffectsofmusictherapyoncognition,mentalstatesandmotorfunctionsofpeople
withbraininjuryordysfunction.Thearticleexamineshowmusicwastherapeutictomultiple,
specificpatients.ThearticletellsonestoryofayounggirlcalledLaurel.Shesufferedfroma
strokeattheageofeleventhatcausedpermanentbraindamagetotheleftsideofherbrain.The
strokeleftLaurelstrugglingtovocalizeevenasingleword.Thearticleexplainshowthrough
musictherapy,shefoundherwaybacktolanguage.Thearticlealsodiscussesthestoriesofother

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patientswhosufferedthroughstrokeandotherbraininjuryordysfunctionthathaveimproved
lifequalitythroughmusictherapy.Thisarticleiscriticaltotheresearchbecauseitsupportsthe
thesisthatmusictherapyisbeneficialtothosesufferingfrombraininjuryordysfunction.