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Music as Therapy A Perspective

Unit One Presentation by Dr. Arthur W. Harvey. Music as Therapy A Perspective. What Does MUSIC Do?. entertain educate entrain energize enrich enlighten elevate. How does music help?. Music causes physiological changes

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Music as Therapy A Perspective

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  1. Unit One Presentation by Dr. Arthur W. Harvey Music as TherapyA Perspective

  2. What Does MUSIC Do? • entertain • educate • entrain • energize • enrich • enlighten • elevate

  3. How does music help? • Music causes physiological changes • Music provides psychological nurturing and affects moods • Music is a natural tool for relaxation • Music helps with pain management • Music helps us mentally – charges and stimulates our brain

  4. Hawaiian Song-Blue HawaiifromIsland Sounds Healing Heart CDby Dr. Arthur Harvey (A)NIGHT AND YOU, AND BLUE HAWAII, THE NIGHT IS HEAVENLY AND YOU ARE HEAVEN TO ME. (A) LOVELY YOU, AND BLUE HAWAII, WITH ALL THIS LOVELINESS THERE SHOULD BE LOVE. (B) COME WITH ME, WHILE THE MOON IS ON THE SEA, THE NIGHT IS YOUNG, AND SO ARE WE. (A) DREAMS COME TRUE, IN BLUE HAWAII, AND MINE COULD ALL COME TRUE THIS MAGIC NIGHT OF NIGHTS WITH YOU.

  5. Qualities of the SOUND – Tempo of the RHYTHM - Type of MELODY used – Degree of dissonance in the HARMONY FORM used in the development of the music The TEXTURE of the Music The STYLE the musical elements convey What Makes Music Affect Us?

  6. MUSICBALANCES Feeling and Thinking Hemispheric Functions Ineffable and Verbal Therapeutic and Educational Individual and Collective Preconscious and Conscious Body and Mind

  7. How MUSICHelps Music can provide transition of attention and energy through entrainment. Music can manage stress responses. Music can provide mental stimulation. Music can also provide diversion. Music can aid in managing pain.

  8. Physiological Effects ofMUSIC Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Respiratory rate and exchange Neurochemical production: Endorphins, Seratonin, Melatonin, Dopamine… Brain Wave states Cognitive functioning: Attention, Memory, Integration, Imagery

  9. Psychological Responses To Music Mood Change Sense of Emotional Security – Vicarious Structure Catharsis Consciousness changes Memory Association

  10. PROCESSOf MusicAsTherapy For Diversion For Catharsis For Mood Change Hemispheric Integration For Stress Management Relaxation For Health

  11. Musical Activities Listening Singing Playing Instruments Moving with Music Creating and Performing Music

  12. Music for Pain Management Research studies have documented the fact that music facilitates the release of endorphins, Your own Rx for pain! Pain is both a psychological and physiological experience: music can provide both distration – “pain gate theory” and “Substance P” blocking.

  13. Music For Alzheimers Music as therapy can be equally effective for both the well and frail elderly, Music from their “youth” provides connection with past memories. Music increases socialization, improves mood, encourages physical movement and therefore better oxygenation of blood Patients who have participated in music activities usually eat and sleep better!

  14. When Can Music be used with Alzheimer’s? As a therapeutic intervention: • Improve mood by producing endorphins • Reducing agitation: to calm and reduce stress hormones • Promote better sleep by increasing melatonin • Manage “Sundowning” and other difficult behaviors • Improve intake during meals • Cue long term memory Music Therapy will not heal an Alzheimer’s patient, but it will promote health and wellness.

  15. Music Therapy increases serum melatonin levels • M. Kumar, PhD a report of research • Blood samples obtained before the program, and at the end of 4 weeks of sessions, and at 6 weeks after the music therapy ended. • 20 inpatients with Alzheimer’s disease at Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center. • 30 -to 40-minute morning sessions of music therapy 5 times per week for 4 weeks. • Melatonin concentration in serum increased significantly after music therapy and at 6 weeks follow-up. • The patients became more relaxed, more cooperative with nurses and slept well.

  16. For Music Resources • Contact: • Dr. Arthur W. Harvey • Music For Health Services Until August 2006 • 531 Hahaione St. 19 E • Honolulu, HI 96825 USA • Home Tel. 808 395-7784 - Cell 808 352-6088 • e-mails aharvey@hawaii.edu MusFHSrv@aol.com

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