References of Evidence

Aldridge D., Gustroff G., & Neugebauer L. (1995). A pilot study of music therapy in the treatment of children with developmental delay. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 3(4), 197–205.

Cassidy, J.W., & Standley, J.M.  (1995). The effect of music listening on physiological responses of premature infants in the NICU.  Journal of Music Therapy, 32(4),  208–227.  

Baker, F., Wigram, T., & Gold, C. (2005). The effects of a song-singing programme on the affective speaking intonation of people with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 19(7), 519–528.

Baker, F., & Wigram, T. (2004). The immediate and long-term effects of singing on the mood states of people with traumatic brain injury. British Journal of Music Therapy, 18(2), 55–64.

Edgerton, C. (1994). The effect of improvisational music therapy on the communicative behaviors of autistic children. Journal of Music Therapy. 21(1):31-62.

Edwards, J. (2006). Music therapy in the treatment and management of mental disorders. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 23(1), 33–35.

Gold, C., Wigram, T., & Elefant, C.  (2006). Music therapy for autistic spectrum disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 19, Article ID: CD004381.

Hardcastle, J. (1999). A single session of music therapy decreased anxiety and improved relaxation in adults who required mechanical ventilation [commentary on Chlan L. Effectiveness of a music therapy intervention on relaxation and anxiety for patients receiving ventilatory assistance]. Heart & Lung: Journal of Acute & Critical Care, 27(3), 169–176

Hendricks, C. B. (2001). A study of the use of music therapy techniques in a group for the treatment of adolescent depression. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62(2-A). (UMI No. AAT3005267)

Kaplan, R.S., & Steele, A.L. (2005). An analysis of music therapy program goals and outcomes for clients with diagnoses on the autism spectrum. Journal of Music Therapy. 42(1):2-19.

Leardi, S., Pietroletti, R., Angeloni, G., Necozione, S., Ranalletta, G., & Del Gusto B. (2007). Randomized clinical trial examining the effect of music therapy in stress response to day surgery. British Journal of Surgery. 94(8):943-7.

Levitin, D.J.  (2006). This is your brain on music:  The science of a human obsession.  New York, New York:  Dutton.

Pacchetti, C., Mancini, F., Aglieri, R., Fundaro, C., Martignoni, E., & Nappi, G. (2000). Active music therapy in Parkinson’s Disease: An integrative method for motor and emotional rehabilitation. Psychomotic Medicine, 62, 386–393.

Sutton, J. P. (Ed.). (2002). Music, music therapy and trauma: International perspectives. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Thaut, M.H.  (2005). Neuropsychological processes in music perception and their relevance in music therapy.  In R.F. Unkefer and M.H. Thaut (Eds.). Music therapy in treatment of adults with mental disorders:  Theoretical bases and clinical interventions (2-32).  Dallas, Texas:  Barcelona Publishers.  

Thaut, M., Gardiner, J.C., Holmberg, D., Horwitz, J.,  Kent, L., Andrews, G., Donelan, B., & McIntosh, G.R. (2009).  Neurologic music therapy improves executive function and emotional adjustment in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1169(1), 406-16.  

Ulfarsdottir, L., & Erwin, P. (1999). The influence of music on social cognitive skills. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 26(2), 81-84.

Walworth, D. D. (2005). Procedural support music therapy in the healthcare setting: A cost-effective analysis. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 20(4), 276–284.