Vol 5 No 1 1991

Music in Relation to the Self  p5 - p13

Anthony Storr

Working Together: a comparative study of music therapy and art therapy  p14 - p21

Gudrun Brandt, Dagmar Wohler and David Aldridge

DICS Music Therapy: databases and data communication  p22 - p24

Pieter van den Berk and Frans Vodegel with an introduction by Tony Wigram

Book Review

La Musicothérapie by Edith Lecourt, reviewed by Joanna Harrison  p25

Volume 5 No 2 1991

Behind closed doors:  a case study  p4 - p9   

Fiona Ritchie

Abstract

This case study focuses on a man who exhibits learning difficulties and disturbed behaviour.  It attempts to give an account of the deprivation that he has had to live with over many years, and how he manages to cope with his isolation, but yet allows a few rays of sunshine into his otherwise dark existence.  During three years of music therapy, John has started to build his trust in people, a feat in which he has shown great courage and determination.

Recreation and music therapy:  an experimental study    p10 - p 13

Jeff Hooper, Bill Lindsay and Isobel Richardson

Abstract

The paper outlines current trends in experimental research in music therapy and then presents an individual case study which examines the impact of recreational musical activities on the subject.

Music therapy in education    p14 - p17

Sandra Wilson

Abstract

This paper discusses the connection between music and the cognitive processes.  It refers to learning experiences for children with learning difficulties with special reference to observational and perceptual abilities, interactive processes and memory stimulation.  In this context the paper discusses how music can influence and even precipitate awareness. 

The paper also discusses the importance of a therapeutic learning environment and the influence of music as a sometimes essential aspect of this environment.  It distinguishes between music education and music therapy and points out the relevance of music therapy as an established part of the curriculum in the appropriate setting.

The ideas set out here have been borne out by the writer's work at a treatment centre for children with multiple problems in Toronto, Canada.  The primary classroom in this centre incorporates a daily ritual of music. It is at these times that the children's attention is centred.  Appendix A provides a summary of three clinical examples.  Appendix B provides a list of the areas in an education setting that would be enhanced by music therapy.

Mapping the territory    p18 - p27

Gary Ansdell

Abstract

This paper outlines a model for assessing adult clients in creative music therapy based on a phenomenological approach to organising the descriptive level.

Music therapy and Alzheimer's disease    p28 - p37

David Aldridge and Gudrun Brandt

No abstract

Book Reviews

Psychoanalytical explorations in music, edited by Stuart Feder, Richard L Karmel and George H Pollock (Mary Priestley)

Music Imagination and Culture, by Nicholas Cook (Mercédès Pavlicevic)