Music therapy: Meeting the psychosocial needs of hospitalized children

Journal/Book: Children's Health Care. 1983; 12: 29-33.

Abstract: Contends that music therapy offers a unique approach for reducing the stresses of hospitalization for children. By meeting important psychosocial needs, music therapy lessens anxiety, aids adaptation, and contributes to making the hospital experience a more positive one. Case descriptions of 3 6-15 yr old patients are presented to illustrate the role of music in the amelioration of behavior problems and the maintenance of emotional balance in children hospitalized with prolonged and drastic curtailment of movement. (14 ref)

Note: music therapy; psychosocial needs & stress reduction; hospitalized 6 15 yr olds

Keyword(s): Music therapy; hospitalized patients; school age children; stress ; needs ; childhood ; adolescence

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