International Association for Music and Medicine

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The International Association for Music & Medicine is a registered non-profit organisation formed in 2009 to encourage and support the use of music in medical contexts including research into the benefits of music, and its specialised applications in healthcare.

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From Antiquity To The Present, Music Continues To Make A Difference

By samuelmusictherapy | August 22, 2022

The 7th International Conference of the IAMM brought together professionals from fields as diverse as biology, philosophy, musicology, neuroscience, music therapy, and music performance. It is not that often that one can be inspired by Read more…

Music and Medicine Vol 14, No 3: Article Feature and Table of Contents

By International Association for Music and Medicine | July 29, 2022

Featured article Storytelling through music to facilitate meaning reconstruction and address psychosocial stress in oncology nurses Carolyn S. Phillips, Deborah L. Volker & Barbara L. Jones Frontline healthcare workers are exposed to significant suffering and Read more…

Music-based models for addressing trauma, building resilience, and healing individuals and communities

By International Association for Music and Medicine | June 2, 2022

Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government. The opinions contained herein represent the private views Read more…

Music and Medicine Vol 14, No 1: Article Feature and Table of Contents

By International Association for Music and Medicine | January 29, 2022

Featured Article Temporal changes in electroencephalographic power spectrum on passive listening to three selected melodic scales of Indian music on healthy young individuals – a randomized controlled trial – Kirthana Kunikullaya, Arun Sasidharan, Rakshith Srinivasa, Read more…

Message from IAMM’s President 2021

By International Association for Music and Medicine | December 20, 2021

Dear colleagues, students, and friends,  At this season of holidays and hope for the new year, and on behalf of all of the volunteers who make the International Association for Music & Medicine a vibrant Read more…

Music and Medicine Vol 13, No 4: Article Feature and Table of Contents

By International Association for Music and Medicine | October 27, 2021

Featured article Music intervention pilot study: Assessing teaching methods of group marimba classes designed to train spatial skills of older adults experiencing changes in cognition Spatial skills decline in older adults, particularly those with cognitive Read more…

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Music and Medicine - The Official Journal of the IAMM

Music and Medicine (MMD) is an interdisciplinary journal that serves as an integrative forum for clinical practice and research related to music interventions and applications of clinical music strategies in medicine.

Each peer-reviewed issue offers original articles, case studies, editorial commentaries, and interviews from clinical medicine, the neurosciences, behavioral sciences, nursing, and social work that translate research from music, music psychology, music cognition, music neurology, and music therapy into scientifically valid clinical applications.

The goal for Music and Medicine is to bring together information that is currently dispersed across many disciplines throughout many publications.

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