Review Article
Therapeutic Uses of Music
Stephen I Deutsch*
Consultant to the Music and Guidance Departments of the New York City Public, Schools and Former Faculty Member of the American Theater Wing, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Stephen I. Deutsch
Anne Armistead Robinson Endowed Chair in Psychiatry
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Eastern Virginia Medical School
825 Fairfax Avenue, Suite 710
Norfolk, Virginia 23507, USA
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E-mail: deutscsi@evms.edu
Received Date: September 09, 2015; Accepted Date: October 29, 2015; Published Date: November 07, 2015
Citation: Deutsch SI (2015) Therapeutic Uses of Music. J Biomusic Eng 3:111.doi:10.4172/2090-2719.1000111
Copyright: © 2015 Deutsch SI. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Musical therapy is an umbrella term encompassing a variety of activities that take place in social, educational, and hospital settings. These range from simple group singing through sophisticated psychologically oriented uses of programmed orchestration. The increasing recognition of musical therapy as a unique profession is attested to by the many universities that presently offer curriculums leading to the degree of music therapist. Although the music therapist is the primary professional in this field, many of the same functions are carried on by school teachers, social directors, and volunteers.
