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Music Therapy in Caring for Children Music can change the world because it can change the people - By Bono

S.K. Mohanasundari, PhD Scholar, Tutor/Clinical Instructor (Nursing), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342005, India , S.K. Mohanasundari1 , A. Padmaja2

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International Journal of Pediatric Nursing 4(3):p 187-194, . | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpen.2454.9126.4318.6
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 Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music to address the needs of patients and families within a therapeutic relationship. It is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. After assessing the strengths and needs of each client, the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. The review found some positive effects of music on anxiety, pain, mood, quality of life, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure and help patient with cancer. Music has mental, physical and emotional effect. Goal of music therapy is to calm a child’s fear and anxiety, easing a parent’s distress, allowing patients and families to express their feelings and reducing patient’s level of pain etc. Conditions like grief, chronic Pain, Autism, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia and heart Disease can get benefit from music therapy. Music therapy is used in many settings, including schools, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, community centers, and sometimes even in the home. Music therapy is used in many settings, including schools, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, community centers, and sometimes even in the home. Music therapy has two types live and recorded music it can be implemented in active or passive form. Some of the techniques used to achieve this are singing, listening, instrumental music, composition, creative movement, guided imagery, and other methods as appropriate. Present review was undertaken to know the origin of visual imagery technique, existing practices/situation/knowledge/attitude, existing problems/ shortcoming, strategies to improve the situation/minimize or solve problems technique and nursing implications for music therapy.

Keywords: Music Therapy; ALzhemer’s Disease; Schizophrenia; Dementia;
Autism etc.

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  • S.K. Mohanasundari, PhD Scholar, Tutor/Clinical Instructor (Nursing), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342005, India
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  • S.K. Mohanasundari1
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  • A. Padmaja2
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