A few weeks ago, the NDIA announced that after a rigorous review, music therapy has been retained in the NDIS as a therapeutic support. This is wonderful news, because it means that music therapy has been found to be effective, evidence-based, and beneficial to thousands of NDIS participants and will continue to be available. Unfortunately,...
This study analysed videos to establish the impact of music therap of adult participants living with either schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or bipolar disorders over 5 individual music therapy sessions, to assess how music therapy affected their social skills, group cohesion, and emotional expression. The researchers wanted to add more supporting evidence for music therapy for schizophrenia...
One of the music therapy goals I frequently find myself writing is “to increase confidence through the acquisition of a new skill”, and it just so happens that my philosophy has popped up in some peer reviewed evidence, which is always great! This week, I wanted to refer to research examining music therapy in children...
Sarah Grey is a registered member of the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and the World Federation of Music Therapy.
The AMTA is a member of Allied Health Professionals Australia (AHPA) and the National Association of Self-Regulating Health Professions (NASRHP).
