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The term imbecile was once used by psychiatrists to denote a category of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability, as well as a type of criminal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The word arises from the Latin word imbecillus , meaning weak, or weak-minded. [ 3 ]
Music therapy is a systematic process; it is not a series of random events. Systematic means that music therapy is "purposeful, organized, methodical, knowledge-based, and regulated" (Bruscia 1998). One of the most important features is its methodical processes. Methodical means that music therapy always proceeds in an orderly fashion.
The Nordoff–Robbins approach to music therapy is a method developed to help children with psychological, physical, or developmental disabilities. [1] It originated from the 17-year collaboration of Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins [2] beginning in 1958, [3] with early influences from Rudolph Steiner and anthroposophical philosophy and teachings. [4]
Audio therapy is the clinical use of recorded sound, music, or spoken words, or a combination thereof, recorded on a physical medium such as a compact disc (CD), or a digital file, including those formatted as MP3, which patients or participants play on a suitable device, and to which they listen with intent to experience a subsequent beneficial physiological, psychological, or social effect.
A music therapist from a "Blues in the Schools" program plays harmonica with a US Navy sailor at a Naval Therapy Center. Music therapy is an interpersonal process in which a trained therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients to improve or maintain their health.
The psychology of music, or music psychology, may be regarded as a branch of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and/or musicology.It aims to explain and understand musical behaviour and experience, including the processes through which music is perceived, created, responded to, and incorporated into everyday life.
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (then-called US D.R.I. [1]) was formed in Houston in May 1982 by former members of the hardcore punk band Suburbanites.The original line-up consisted of Spike Cassidy on guitar, Kurt Brecht on lead vocals, Eric Brecht on drums and Dennis Johnson on bass, [4] which was basically the Suburbanites with Cassidy on guitar.
Music can provide many psychological benefits including stress reduction, improved memory, and general improvement to cognitive performance. [3] Research shows that the activity of listening to music can aid individuals in detaching from their surroundings [ clarification needed ] and help them focus on their own thoughts and actions. [ 4 ]