Individualized music therapy – theoretical and practical aspects in medicine
Individualized music therapy – theoretical and practical aspects in medicine

Summary/Abstract: Beyond the existence and the possibility of using some technologies applicable in medicine that have pushed the boundaries of knowledge and the possibilities of intervention further than we could have imagined relatively recently, its evolution consists mainly in perfecting the second dimension it owns, namely, the humanist one. Today we cannot talk about the medical act without including communication, the therapeutic relationship and why not, the creativity in its implementation. The intrinsic dimension of the medical act is one related to the art of healing and consequently, its complexity stems from its triple action - relational (with the patient), scientific (the need to have medical knowledge) and creative (conceptualizing the clinical case, choosing the right treatment by combining all existing possibilities and customizing it). The progress of knowledge was greatly favored by the emergence of interdisciplinarity which allowed the horizon of knowledge to grow and above all, the acceptance of the combination of fields once considered incompatible, to be possible. This register also includes the use of music as a means of therapy. What is surprising is not its effect in therapy, but the rediscovery and acceptance of its therapeutic potential by the medical world. The scientific certification of the healing effects of music is due both to the progress of the neurosciences and to the reconceptualization and paradigm changes in the sciences, an aspect that can be considered defining for the evolution of current thinking.

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