Music therapy and traumatic brain injury a light on a dark night - Gilbertson, Simon K. (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and indexes
Traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation -- Music therapy with people who have experienced traumatic brain injury: what the literature says -- Therapeutic narrative analysis: how we look at cases -- Bert's story: changing perspectives: identifying and realizing communicative potential in early isolated states -- Neil's story: from distress and agitation to humour and joy: the creation of a dialogue -- Mark's story: a fusion of two worlds: physical dependency and creative partnership -- The narrative explicated
Musical improvisation is an increasingly recognised rehabilitative therapy for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury initially thought to be 'unreachable' or 'non-responsive'. Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic, rather than purely functional, needs of people affected by severe head trauma. Divided into three parts, the first section provides an introduction to the effects brain injury has on a person's livelihood. The second is a comprehensive review of available literature on the use of music therapy in th