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Implementing music therapy through telehealth: considerations for military populations
Vaudreuil, Rebecca Langston, Diane G. Betts, Donna Kass, Sara Levy, Charles
Vaudreuil, Rebecca
Langston, Diane G.
Betts, Donna
Kass, Sara
Levy, Charles
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2020-06-01
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Music Therapy
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1775312
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Purpose: Telehealth provides psychotherapeutic interventions and psychoeducation for remote populations with limited access to in-person behavioural health and/or rehabilitation treatment. The United States Department of Défense and the Veterans Health Administration use telehealth to deliver primary care, medication management, and services including physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies for service members, veterans, and eligible dependents. While creative arts therapies are included in telehealth programming, the existing evidence base focuses on art therapy and dance/movement therapy, with a paucity of information on music therapy. Methods: Discussion of didactic and applied music experiences, clinical, ethical, and technological considerations, and research pertaining to music therapy telehealth addresses this gap through presentation of three case examples. These programmes highlight music therapy telehealth with military-connected populations on a continuum of clinical and community engagement: 1) collaboration between Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and the Acoke Rural Development Initiative in Lira, Uganda; 2) the Semper Sound Cyber Health programme in San Diego, CA; and 3) the integration of music therapy telehealth into Creative Forces®, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts. Results: These examples illustrate that participants were found to positively respond to music therapy and community music engagement through telehealth, and reported decrease in pain, anxiety, and depression; they endorsed that telehealth was not a deterrent to continued music engagement, requested continued music therapy telehealth sessions, and recommended it to their peers. Conclusions: Knowledge gaps and evolving models of creative arts therapies telehealth for military-connected populations are elucidated, with emphasis on clinical and ethical considerations.
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Vaudreuil, R., Langston, R., Magee, W.L., Kass, S., & Levy, M. (2020). Implementing music therapy through telehealth: Considerations for military populations. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2020.1775312
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