上次我進行乳房 X 光檢查時，我得到了一個很大的驚喜——這是一個很好的結果。乳房成像中心門外正在演奏弦樂四重奏，我的思緒立刻從“他們在乳房 X 光片上會發現什麼？” “那是舒伯特還是貝多芬？”當我叫到我的名字時，我幾乎忘記了我為什麼在那裡。
這場出人意料的音樂會是馬薩諸塞州總醫院環境音樂項目的音樂治療師和聯合協調員 Holly Chartrand 和 Lorrie Kubicek 的作品。但將音樂帶到醫院走廊只是音樂治療師的副業。他們大部分時間都花在使用音樂來幫助患者實現特定目標，例如中風後恢復言語或減輕化療的壓力。
Chartrand 是一名歌手，畢業於伯克利音樂學院。當她意識到她可以用音樂來支持他人時，她決定成為一名音樂治療師，就像音樂在她的人生中一直支持著她一樣。 “我工作中最喜歡的部分是探討音樂對感覺不舒服的人影響有多大”她說。
什麼是音樂療法？
音樂療法是一個新興領域。那些成為認證音樂治療師的人都是有成就的音樂家，他們對音樂如何喚起情緒反應來放鬆或刺激人們，或幫助他們康復有著深入的了解。音樂治療師將這些知識與他們對各種熟悉的音樂風格相互結合，來找到可以讓您通過具有挑戰性的身體康復課程或引導您進入冥想的特定類型。他們可以找到您最喜歡的音樂類型，無論是電子流行音樂還是大歌劇。 #參考-- (康語騫之療癒音樂專輯 ）
音樂治療師所知不受限.他們可能會為您或與您一起演奏音樂，甚至教您如何演奏樂器。在某一天，Chartrand 可能會帶著坦克鼓、四弦琴或 iPad 和揚聲器進入病房。 “科技讓我們可以接觸到各種音樂，我幾乎可以找到並播放任何你喜歡的音樂”她說。
越來越多的研究證明，音樂療法不只一個好處。它可以通過多種方式改善醫療結果和生活質量。這有一個例子：
改善侵入性程序。在對接受結腸鏡檢查、心臟血管造影和膝關節手術的人進行的對照臨床試驗中，那些在手術前聽音樂的人減少了焦慮，減少了對鎮靜劑的需求。那些在手術室聽音樂的人在手術過程中報告的不適感較少。在康復室聽音樂降低了鴉片類止痛藥的使用。
恢復失去的言語。音樂療法可以幫助那些正在從中風或創傷性腦損傷中恢復的人，這些損傷已經損害了負責說話的左腦區域。因為歌唱能力起源於右腦，所以人們可以通過先唱出自己的想法，然後逐漸放下旋律來解決左腦的損傷。前美國眾議員加比·吉福茲（Gabby Giffords）使用這種技術使她能夠在她的大腦中彈摧毀了她說話的能力兩年後在國會委員會作證。
減少癌症治療的副作用。聽音樂可以減少與化療和放療相關的焦慮。它還可以平息接受化療的患者的噁心和嘔吐。
有助於緩解疼痛。音樂療法已經在從劇烈急性疼痛到關節炎慢性疼痛的患者中進行了測試。總體而言，音樂療法可減少疼痛感知，減少所需的止痛藥量，有助於緩解抑鬱症，並使人們對疼痛有更好的控制感。
改善癡呆症患者的生活質量。由於在疾病過程的後期與音樂互動的能力保持不變，因此音樂療法可以幫助回憶記憶、減少焦慮、協助溝通和改善身體協調。
From哈佛健康部落客
通過音樂治癒 哈佛健康出版社
2015 年 11 月 5 日
• Beverly Merz，哈佛婦女健康觀察執行編輯
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November 5, 2015
By Beverly Merz, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch
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The last time I had a mammogram, I got a big surprise — and it was a good one. A string quartet was playing just outside the doors of the breast imaging center, and my thoughts immediately shifted from “What are they going to find on the mammogram?” to “Is that Schubert, or Beethoven?” By the time my name was called, I had almost forgotten why I was there.
The unexpected concert was the work of Holly Chartrand and Lorrie Kubicek, music therapists and co-coordinators of the Environmental Music Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. But bringing music to hospital corridors is just a sideline for music therapists. The majority of their time is spent using music to help patients accomplish specific goals, like recovering their speech after a stroke or reducing the stress of chemotherapy.
Chartrand is a vocalist and graduate of Berklee College of Music. She decided to become a music therapist when she realized that she could use music to support others just as it had supported her throughout her life. “The favorite part of my job is seeing how big an impact music can have on someone who isn’t feeling well,” she says.
What is music therapy?
Music therapy is a burgeoning field. Those who become certified music therapists are accomplished musicians who have deep knowledge of how music can evoke emotional responses to relax or stimulate people, or help them heal. They combine this knowledge with their familiarity with a wide variety of musical styles to find the specific kind that can get you through a challenging physical rehab session or guide you into meditation. And they can find that music in your favorite genre, be it electropop or grand opera.
Music therapists know few boundaries. They may play music for you or with you, or even teach you how to play an instrument. On a given day, Chartrand may be toting a tank drum, a ukulele, or an iPad and speakers into a patient’s room. “Technology gives us so much access to all kinds of music that I can find and play almost any kind of music you like,” she says.
The evidence for music therapy
#References—(Harmony Kang’s Healing Music Album)
A growing body of research attests that that music therapy is more than a nice perk. It can improve medical outcomes and quality of life in a variety of ways. Here’s a sampling:
Improves invasive procedures. In controlled clinical trials of people having colonoscopies, cardiac angiography, and knee surgery, those who listened to music before their procedure had reduced anxiety and a reduced need for sedatives. Those who listened to music in the operating room reported less discomfort during their procedure. Hearing music in the recovery room lowered the use of opioid painkillers.
Restores lost speech. Music therapy can help people who are recovering from a stroke or traumatic brain injury that has damaged the left-brain region responsible for speech. Because singing ability originates in the right side of the brain, people can work around the injury to the left side of their brain by first singing their thoughts and then gradually dropping the melody. Former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords used this technique to enable her to testify before a Congressional committee two years after a gunshot wound to her brain destroyed her ability to speak.
Reduces side effects of cancer therapy. Listening to music reduces anxiety associated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It can also quell nausea and vomiting for patients receiving chemotherapy.
Aids pain relief. Music therapy has been tested in patients ranging from those with intense acute pain to those with chronic pain from arthritis. Overall, music therapy decreases pain perception, reduces the amount of pain medication needed, helps relieve depression, and gives people a sense of better control over their pain.
Improves quality of life for dementia patients. Because the ability to engage with music remains intact late into the disease process, music therapy can help to recall memories, reduce agitation, assist communication, and improve physical coordination.
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