TY - JOUR
AU - Lischinsky, Alicia
AB - A disorder of consciousness resulting from a brain injury can cause the loss or reduction of a wide spectrum of functions and abilities. Music therapy can provide significant information for a differential diagnosis between a minimally conscious state and a vegetative state in an interdisciplinary assessment. Through a specific approach and personalized interventions, the music therapist can facilitate a patient’s purposeful responses. There is a diverse body of research on the links between music and brain function. The processing of musical elements and structures is considered a highly demanding task for the brain, as multiple brain functions occur simultaneously in a highly organized and coordinated process. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the existing literature on differential diagnosis between vegetative state and minimally conscious state through a case report and analysis of music therapy interventions based on clinical improvisation. The article aims to explore how music may be employed as part of a comprehensive, multimodal approach to differential diagnosis and how musical interventions may provide data to determine the potential for rehabilitation of patients with disorders of consciousness.
TI - Music Therapy and Disorders of Consciousness: Providing Clinical Data for Differential Diagnosis between Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State from Music-Centered Music Therapy and Neuroscience Perspectives
JO - Music Therapy Perspectives
DO - 10.1093/mtp/miu001
DA - 2014-07-15
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/music-therapy-and-disorders-of-consciousness-providing-clinical-data-on8ggmE9CS
SP - 47
EP - 55
VL - 32
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -