This video explains music therapy in an interview with Rachael Finnerty, a licensed music therapist in Canada. It introduces music therapy interventions, identifies diagnoses that benefit from music therapy, and explains the benefits of using it as part of treatment. It also looks at a study that evaluated the effectiveness of music therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease.

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This video was produced by McMaster students Khaled Nawar, Peter Tso, Salina Pasit and Ojan Yarkhani in collaboration with McMaster's Mystifying Medicine program.

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The references:

1) Davis, WB, Gfeller, KE and Thaut, MH (2008). An introduction to music therapy: theory and practice. American Music Therapy Association. 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

2) Pacchetti, C., Mancini, F., Aglieri, R., Fundarò, C., Martignoni, E. and Nappi, G. (2000). Active music therapy in Parkinson's disease: an integrative method of motor and emotional rehabilitation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62(3), 386-393.

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