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DRUMBEAT: Music & Alternate Therapies for People with Brain Injury
Art, Music & Health
• People engaging in arts related activities, often experience a sense of well being, including a combination of physical, social, emotional and physical outcomes (Rosenberg, 2008).
• Traditionally, art has not been measured using the same methods as conventional health interventions.
• The impact of music on arousal and mood is well established (Hussain et al, 2002).
• Exposure to music can increase performance on cognitive tasks (Hussain et al, 2002).
Review of Alternative Therapies and BI
• Music therapy best form of intervention for apathy in people with severe TBI (Lane-Brown, 2009)
• Also shown to improve executive functioning, adjustment, social interaction, mood & QOL in ABI patients.
• 4 sessions of neurological music therapy reduced anxiety & stress and increased mood.
• Singing programs increase variability, voice range and mood in patients with PD, TBI (Baker et al., 2005 Haneishi et al., 2001).
The Effects of Drumming on Health
• Drum circles have been used as a healing ritual in many cultures worldwide for years, and is now being increasingly used as a contemporary therapeutic strategy (Bittman, 2001).
• It has been used for a number of different therapeutic purposes, including as a way to treat a variety of behavioural issues, such as anger management, team building, substance abuse recovery, as well as increasing self-esteem and developing leadership skills.
• Participants in drumming circles report drumming gives them a sense of cohesion and a number of positive psychological and physical effects- “calming”, “reduces stress”, “make me feel good” and “help’s me ‘fit in’.
DRUMBEAT Evidence
• School studies: Significantly increased self-esteem (10%), 29% of students had decrease in behavioural incidents & 33% had decrease in absenteeism.
• Mental Illness: Qualitative reports of improvements in self esteem, mood, concentration and motivation.
• Migrant groups: Improved self esteem
Worse Same Better
R/ship with peers 0 0 3
R/ship with staff 0 3 0
Emotional Control
0 3 0
Teamwork 0 1 2
Self-esteem 0 0 3
Focus/Concentration
0 0 3
Mood 0 0 3
Ratings of changes by others
DRUMBEAT Quotes
• “The drumming group brought up things we don’t normally talk about and we kept talking about it in the car on the way home”
• “I loved seeing Nathan and Veronica every week. It gave me something to do and stopped me feeling lonely.”
Questionnaires
All respondents (6 staff, 6 ABI, 2 carers) reported that:
• They were very satisfied with the DRUMBEAT program
• Enjoyed the program,
• Knew more about the people they worked with,
• Felt part of a team
• Were more aware of factors that influenced relationships
• Would recommend the program to others
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