Overview

This textbook aims to provide practical and comprehensive guidance on the application of music and music therapy in clinical settings. The chapters are written with an evidence-based approach. The first part of the volume defines the psychological, biological, and neuroscientific basis of the therapeutic use of music. Then, various chapters describe the main application techniques (both active and receptive) exploring their therapeutic rationale, purposes, applications in preventive and therapeutic-rehabilitation settings, and possible methods of assessment. An overview of the main clinical areas addressed by music-based therapeutic interventions is also presented, including references to scientific literature, systematic and meta-analytic reviews as well as studies with rigorous methodologies (Randomized Controlled Trials). The final chapter focuses on research, outlining the current state of the art and possible future scenarios within this specific context.  The authors of this book are scholars and practitioners in music therapy and related disciplines with recognized experience in clinical and research settings. This book will be an invaluable tool for individuals with an interest in music therapy and its application in clinical settings, such as students studying music therapy, practicing music therapists, researchers, and professionals in related disciplines.

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Author:   Alfredo Raglio
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:  

9783031885778

ISBN 10:   3031885775
Pages:   511
Publication Date:   15 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Introduction: What can we consider music therapy?.- Part I: Psychological, neuroscientific, and biological bases of therapeutic use of music.- 1. The contribution of music psychology to music therapy.- 2. Music under the lens of neuroscience.- 3. Neuro-biological bases of music therapy and music-based interventions.- Part II: The Techniques: active music therapy approaches.- 4. Proposals for structured active music therapy and improvisation.- 5. Songwriting Techniques in Music Therapy.- 6. The Neurologic Music Therapy.- 7. Other music-based approaches in rehabilitation and sonification techniques.- Part III: The Techniques: receptive music therapy approaches.- 8. Receptive Music Therapy Techniques.- 9. Towards a New Model of Music Listening: The Therapeutic Music Listening.- Part IV: How to carry out a music-based or music therapy treatment.- 10. Music therapy treatment: from the beginning to the conclusion.- Part V: Fields of application.- 11. Music therapy and music-based interventions in neurology and neurological rehabilitation.- 12. Music therapy and music-based intervention in psychiatry.- 13. The importance of Music in Children's Development.- 14. Music therapy and music-based interventions in oncology and end-of-life care.- 15. Music therapy and music-based interventions in pain medicine.- 16. A systematic review of music therapy and music based interventions in healthcare applications: surgery, NICU, and dementia care in acute settings and transition.- 17. A systematic review of music therapy and music based interventions in healthcare applications: eating disorders, work-related stress, homelessness, artists and concerts in music and medicine.- Part VI: The research in the field of music-based and music therapy interventions.- 18. Music therapy and research: qualitative and quantitative points of view.- 19. Make the invisible visible -towards process-based outcome research on mechanisms of change in music therapy.

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Prof. Alfredo Raglio is a music therapist and researcher that has received an academic musical and music therapy education. Also, he has obtained a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ferrara (Department of Biomedical and Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Section of Neurological Clinic). Prof. Raglio carries out clinical and research activities at the Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS (Pavia, Italy) where he is the Chief of the Music Therapy Research Laboratory and at the Cremonesini Foundation (Pontevico, Brescia, Italy). Prof. Raglio coordinates the Master in Music Therapy at the Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine of the University of Pavia (Italy) and the Master of Arts in Music Therapy Theory and Techniques at the Conservatory of Music “G. Verdi” in Milan (Italy). He is the author of many monographs and scientific articles in the field of music therapy on peer-reviewed journals.

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