INDEX
Ability to listen, 128
Above the Noise Foundation, 97
Active music therapy techniques,
21–22
Activities, 17
Addiction and recovery, 96–98
Adolescents/adolescence, 23–24, 120
well-being, 24
After-School Program, 54–56
Agenda, 17
Agents, 17
All the King’s Men, 63
America the Beautiful, 3
Anchors Away, 3
Anthems, 3–4
Anxiety, 27, 32
Anxioalgolytic Music (AAM), 117
Aphasia Blues, 104–106
Appetite, 27–28
Arena, 17
Arousal, 29
pathways, 9
Artefacts, 17
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD),
29–30
Background music, 26, 115
Because You Are You, 100–103
Bipolar disorder, 31
Boston University Aphasia Chorus,
106
Bye Bye Blackbird, 103–106
Cancer
chemotherapy, 79–80
and music for resilience, 78
My First Day, 80–82
145
surgery experience, 78–79
treatment, 121–122
Cardiac illness, 34
Challenges for engagement in
music, 123
clinical settings, 123–124
engaging in music alone or with
others, 124
listening to music, 124–126
playing music, 126–128
Chemotherapy, 79–80
Children, 120
Chronic disease, 97
Class, 22
Commedia, 64
CommonHealth, 26
Community, 60–63
aphasia choirs, 105
Community Music, 14
Concerts, 2
Core experience, 101
Core knowledge, 63–66
Coronary artery disease, 34
Corridor music, 96
COVID pandemic, 18, 21
Creative practice, 17–19
CVS music, 26
Dance songs, 10
Dementia, 32–33
Depression, 27–28, 32
Divine Comedy, 63
Doorways of music, 71–74
Elle Magazine, 73
Emotional Numbing, 29
Endorphins, 19
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Ethnicity, 22 Mental health, 19 (see also

Euphoria/pleasant emotion Physical health)
pathways, 9 anxiety, 27
ASD, 29–30
Fire and Rain, 94 depression, 27–28
Fitz and the Tantrums, 97 diminished loneliness, 20–22
identity formation, 22–25
Gen Z, 20–21 peri-natal emotional states, 25–26
Greeting and opening psychosis, 31
experience, 101 social bonding, 19–20
Group singing, 32–33 stress improvement, 26–27
trauma, 29
Haiku Blues, 91 Millennials, 20–21
Hand flapping, 5 Mother–infant attachment, 20
Happiness in well-being, 8 Mourning, 93–94
Harrison Narcotic Tax Act, 97 Music, 1, 56–60, 107
Healer, The, 73 accentuating value of hymns
Healing songs, 10 and anthems, 3–4
Health, 6, 37, 56–60 active things, 110–113
musicking, 16–17 amplifying and coloring other
Hospital musician from Nashville, art forms, 4
84–90 evoking feelings and attendant
Humility, 128 memories, 2–3
fostering personal expression
I’ve Just Seen a Face, In My Life, and and communication
Norwegian Wood, 72 with others, 4–5
Identification, 22 happiness in well-being, 8
Identity formation, 22–25 as healing, 76–78
Individual Use of Music, 14 health and well-being, 6
Intensive care unit (ICU), 119 improving cognition and
coordination, 5
Just Like That, 94 intervention, 121–122
kids, 108–109
Learning about new musical artists managing emotions, 5
and genres, 115 medicine, 14
Listening to music, 22, 25, 115, neurobiology, 9
124–126 as new lens, 95–96
Live Musical Events, 114 passive things, 113–116
Livingston Taylor, 97 PERMA and PERMA +4, 6–8
Loneliness, diminished, 20–22 place of music in human
Love songs, 10 society, 1–5
Lovin’ Spoonful, The, 84 promoting distraction, 5
reinforcing social and
Macklemore, 97 community cohesion
Maternal singing, 20 and rituals, 1–2
Medical model, 17–18 solidifying identity, 2
Medical orchestra, 98 supporting relationships, 2
Memories, 93–94 therapists, 122, 130
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therapy, 13–14, 31, 33
in treatment, 74–76
triggering movement, 3
universality, 10–11
Mutual recovery, 17–19
Nashville Cats, 84
National anthems, 3
National Public Radio, 73
Neurobiology of music, 9
Nursing homes, 120–121
Orchestra in hospital, 98–99
Overcoming clinical challenges,
129–130
Overcoming personal challenges,
130–132
Oxytocin, 19
Pain syndromes, 34–35
Palliative care at home, 120
Parkinson’s disease, 33–34
Passive music therapy techniques,
21–22
Pentatonic scale, 11
Peri-natal emotional states, 25–26
Peri-operative settings, 117–119
Personal expression, 4–5
Physical health, 32 (see also
Mental health)
cardiac illness, 34
dementia, 32–33
pain syndromes, 34–35
Parkinson’s disease, 33–34
stroke, 33
use of music in medical and
home care settings, 35
Physical Health, Mindset, Work
Environment, and
Economic Security
(PERMA +4), 6–8
Pitch intervals, 11
Placebo, 16
Playing alone, 126–128
Playing music, 126–128
Playing with others, 128
Poetry, 63–66
Polyrhythms, 72
147
Positive Emotions, Engagement,
Relationships, Meaning,
and Accomplishments
(PERMA), 6–8
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD), 29
Power of guitar, 82–84
Pre-recorded music, 14
Professionals, 117
cancer treatment, 121–122
intensive care unit, 119
nursing homes, 120–121
pediatric settings, 120
peri-operative settings, 117–119
Psychosis, 31
Psychosocial stressors, 23
Qualitative Research, 14–15
Race, 22
Randomized Controlled Trial
(RCT), 14–15, 28
listening to music, 27
studies, 15
Receptive music therapy
techniques (see
Passive music therapy
techniques)
Recovery Fest 2018, 97
Relaxation Response (RR), 78
Remembering, 29
Reward pathways, 9
Reward/punishment pathway
evaluation, 9
Rubber Soul, 72
Science (Journal), 10
Self-expression, 128
Sexual functioning, 27–28
Share Playlists, 114
Short-term memory, 33
Singing
corridor music, 96
music, addiction and recovery,
96–98
music, memories, and
mourning, 93–94
music as new lens, 95–96
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Music Saved My Life, 92
orchestra in hospital, 98–99
through stuttering, 90
Sleep, 27–28
Social bonding, 19–20
Songs, 10
Songwriting, 60–63
process, 101
Soundtracking, 101
Spectrum, 30
Spirituality, 22
Star-Spangled Banner, 3
Stories of music, 37, 100
Be With Me Music, 52–54
Because You Are You,
100–103
Bye Bye Blackbird, 103–106
cancer and music for resilience,
78–82
doorways of music, 71–74
hospital musician from
Nashville, 84–90
I can do this all day, 38–39
on music, communication and
mental health, 45–49
music, health, and well-being,
56–60
music, songwriting and
community, 60–63
Music and Me, 39–41
music as healing, 76–78
Music in After-School Program,
54–56
music in treatment, 74–76
Music Is Magic, 67–69
Music Through My “Ages and
Stages”, 49–52
personal vignette on music and
medicine, 43–45
Index
poetry and core knowledge,
63–66
power of guitar, 82–84
Power of Music to Connect,
66–67
singing through stuttering,
90–102
Into the Darkness We Will Ride,
42–43
therapy session, 70–71
vignettes, 37–38
Stress, 34
improvement, 26–27
response, 78
Stroke, 33
Surgery-relaxation, 79
Tango, 34
Therapeutic Singing, 105–106
Trauma, 29
Universality of music, 10–11
University of Nebraska Medical
Center (UNMC), 98
Watch and Share Musical YouTube
Videos, 114
Weight, The, 5
Well-being, 6, 13, 15–16, 37,
56–60
evidence and research, 14–17
happiness in, 8
mental health, 19–31
mutual recovery and creative
practice, 17–19
physical health, 32–35
Wheels on the Bus, 82
Yellow Submarine, 83