Global Theme Music Therapy in Indian Perspective: DR Suvarna Nalapat MD (Pathology) Retd Prof &head of Dept of Pathology
Global Theme Music Therapy in Indian Perspective: DR Suvarna Nalapat MD (Pathology) Retd Prof &head of Dept of Pathology
Global Theme Music Therapy in Indian Perspective: DR Suvarna Nalapat MD (Pathology) Retd Prof &head of Dept of Pathology
Focus areas
1.clinical practice 2.Music therapy methods 3.Research and development 4.Professional issues Leipzig 2005 Neurosciences music conference Research models to focus on needs. The dilemma:Is the face of the patient and relatives with subtle changes of happiness /a handicapped childs reaction and parents happiness (not coded EBM)worthy,or references in a recognised journal worthy? If no research,EBM not created ,How references from recognised journal?
Clinical practice
Developmental(infants,children,adolescents with mental,developmental defects ,speech disorders .Mental health (psychiatry,psychology) Rehabilitation Palliative hospices Cancer,CVS ,other organ systems Other system disorders Individual , and social community perspective
Research-team work
1.Music analysis 2.Quantitative and qualitative studies 3.Mixed designs 4.Issues in research. Both musicians,musicologists,medical and laboratory personnel ,educators and community/society/nation builders interested in prospects of proper research
Professional issues
Ethics of practice according to international standards Professional supervision Supervision of students doing music therapy research Educators and their competencies
World scene
American music therapy association World forum of music therapists European Nordic Latin american Japan(Asian) Indian association(being formed)
Applied innovative
Real life situation.Patients/relatives/doctors Journal references for an infant science(German neurologists ) If no journal references and if patient/relative mindbody complex gets peace,relief of pain ,is not the medical community justified in reporting the effects-case reports which accrue as data and create journal references ? To collect data need for music therapy wing in hospitals /clinics with research oriented and open approach
Transformative
Transforming outlook of people/professional doctors ,musicologists world leaders, to peace and understanding through music. Religious and other caste/class/creed /genderbased problems in world addressed and solved through soft musical language
Neuroethics
Freedom of research Knowledge derived from free research Freedom to use it Research is a communication , a conversation with likeminded people (freedom of speech). channelised and properly oriented and ethically made authentic Ethically/morally strong, people who are experts in their field, unselfish people who wants to do something for humanity as a whole
f(MRI)
Neurotransmitters-behaviour of people, aesthetic sense, learning ability, pleasure and pain. Write a poem, sing a song, remember a thing, love a person, conduct a lecture-where, how it happens in our system? Brain mapping DNA mapping Scan and record genome / brainome and the ethics involved in it
International standards
Highest attainable and sustainable therapeutic methods The best one.(highest attainable).Who determines? Even without the initial sponsorship from world associations , host country should be able to continue research with resources in ones own country.(Health profession is becoming too costly for the world) Risk and benefits Consent form
Co-operation
From everyone who is interested in creating a better world to live in . Where love and understanding not hate and misunderstanding-rule human behaviour Feeling of oneness-advaitha-universal and global awareness of Indian traditional classical music and its effects on entire movable and immovable living things.
Membership
Professional Associate(those who support) and friends of music therapy Student/graduate student Retired members /honorary life memberships Inactive membership Affiliate and educational affiliates(Foundations interested in supporting the aims / objectives/ purposes) Patron members (individual, organisation) Institution,business firms,Member foundations nominate one research student
levels
International, national State level Districts level Affiliate members and organisations Research in each regional centers . Report to national /international chairperson Uniformity, continuing education programmes, publications, lectures/demonstrations
PIONEERS
Gurukula (music /musician) University (musicology, music therapy research) Hospital (clinician,laboratory, music therapy research) Pyramidal structure each functioning in a channelised way.Freedom of research within framework of set medical, ethical, musical, national ,international norms. Teamwork from all these different fields. State executives to find out best suited personnel for research programmes.