Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy

Abstract Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) is a form of music therapy developed for people suffering from cognitive, sensory, or motor dysfunctions arising from neurological diseases of the nervous system. People who can benefit from this therapy include sufferers from stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer's disease, autism, and other neurological diseases affecting cognition, movement, and communication (e.g. muscular sclerosis, muscular dystrophy). The Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy is a comprehensive landmark text presenting a new and revolutionary model of music in rehabilitation, therapy, and medicine that is scientifically validated and clinically tested. It represents a field that is practised by over 4,000 NMT=-certified clinicians in over 70 countries. In this second edition, the book is fully updated and revised with new research updates in the field, and it extends the original clinical chapter content.