Music Therapy and Addictions

David Aldridge is Co-Director of the Nordoff Robbins Centre, Witten, Germany and Visiting Professor for the Creative Arts Therapies, Bradford Dementia Group, University of Bradford, UK.Jörg Fachner finished his doctoral thesis on cannabis and music perception in an EEG investigation at the Chair for Qualitative Research in Medicine in 2001. Jörg's research interests, publications and scientific memberships focus on qualitative research aspects of music, therapy and medicine, music physiology, and psychology, youth and pop culture, altered states of consciousness, transcultural psychiatry and anthropology of the body.

I consider that all this music therapy work that has been presented in this book, can help patients suffering from addiction a great deal to cope with complexity of addiction and to give the chance to live a better life. Due to the fact that there is a limited research in the field of music therapy and addiction problems, I consider that is a valuable work for the music therapy literature and for giving ideas to clinicians and researchers for further development and research in this field.

• Introduction - Coherence and Timing. David Aldridge, Nordoff Robbins Centre, Witten, Germany. 1. Music Therapy, Drugs and State-dependent Recall. Jörg Fachner. 2. Authenticity and Intimacy: The Experience of Group Music Therapy for Substance Dependent Adults Living in a Therapeutic Community. John Hedigan. 3. Drug Addicts and their Music: A Story of a Complex Relationship. Tsvia Horesh, Ramot-Yehuda Zoharim Therapeutic Community, Israel. 4. The Role of Music Therapy in Helping Drug-Dependents. Mohammad Reza Abdollahnejad. 5. How to Deal with Music? Music Therapy with Clients Suffering from Addiction Problems: Enhancing Coping Strategies. Irene T.F. Dijkstra and Laurien G. Hakvoort. 6. Music Therapy with Chemically Dependent Clients: A Relapse Prevention Model. Ted Ficken, Oregon State Hospital and Marylhurst University, Portland, Oregon. 7. Music Therapy as a Part of Drug Rehabilitation - From Adhering to Treatment to Integrating the Levels of Experience. Marko Punkanen, Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research, University of Jyväskylä. 8. Gambling Addiction: Evaluation of a Multimethod Treatment Programme Including Music Therapy. Jaakko Erkkilä and Tuomas Eerola. 9. The Aldridge Model: An Ecological Systemic Approach. David Aldridge. The Contributors. References. Index.