Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies
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Item Music therapy and spirituality(Guilford Press, 2025-05-28) Tsiris, Giorgos; Potvin, Noah; Halverson-Ramos, Faith; Moss, Hilary; Viega, Michael; dos Santos, Andeline; Wheeler, Barbara L.Item Music therapy in adult hospices: a national multicentre survey(BMJ Publishing Group, 2025-05-07) Baroni, Mariagrazia; Tsiris, Giorgos; Marzi, Annamaria; Barbero, Nicola; Guido, Anna; Murachelli, Claudia; Marvulli, Tommaso; Nosenzo, Maria Cristina; Scamuzzi, Elena; Giordano, FilippoBackground: In recent years, there has been an increased demand for non-pharmacological, complementary therapies and psychosocial provisions in hospices, aimed at creating spaces for communication and personalised expression in response to the bio-psycho-socio-existential needs of patients and their caregivers. As a contemporary evidence-based professional practice, music therapy is an integral part of multidisciplinary teams in many palliative care settings internationally. In Italy, however, music therapy is a developing area of practice facing certain challenges around professionalisation, funding and service development. This study seeks to explore the current state of music therapy in Italian hospices. Methods: From January 2024 to March 2024, an online survey was disseminated to 213 hospices across Italy. The survey consisted of 10 closed-ended questions. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Results: A 73.7% completion rate was achieved. Music-based interventions are provided in 49.6% of hospices (n=62), and 43.5% of these offer a music therapy service led by a qualified music therapist. Most hospices (n=17) offer music therapy sessions for 3 hours per week. Across all hospices, sessions are primarily individual and take place in patients' rooms. The presence of caregivers varies, and patients are referred to music therapy by different professionals in the team. Information was gathered regarding the use of music therapy during sedation and for bereavement support of caregivers, along with details on assessment tools used. Conclusion: This study offers an initial overview of music therapy in hospices across Italy and highlights critical questions regarding team integration, training standards, evaluation and funding.Item The Arts Therapies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Insights from a Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange Forum(MDPI, 2025-05-01) Mondanaro, John F.; Armstrong, Bruce; McRae, Sally; Meyerson, Edith; O'Connor, Todd; Tsiris, GiorgosIn October 2023, a Knowledge Exchange Forum was established, bringing together arts therapies staff and students from three different palliative and end-of-life care (PEoLC) settings: St Columba’s Hospice Care in Edinburgh, the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in New York. Adopting a practice-led approach, the Forum offers a space to unpack questions and challenges that arts therapists face in PEoLC. In this dialogical paper, we outline the development of the Forum and share emerging insights from our cross-cultural discussions. When working in PEoLC settings, arts therapists are commonly required to work across a continuum of care. This continuum extends from individual sessions with patients, families and bereaved carers, to groups and community-oriented initiatives. It often requires a capacity to work flexibly and fluidly with regard to, for example, therapeutic boundaries, consistency of location, and time. Discussion of emerging insights leads to a consideration of their implications for education and practice, and for future directions in professional networking and knowledge exchange.Item Music therapy dictionary: A place of interdisciplinary encounters [in Greek](Queen Margaret University, 2024-07) Tsiris, Giorgos; Akoyunoglou, Mitsi; Papastavrou, Dimitra; Katostari, KonstantinaWelcome to the Music Therapy Dictionary, a place of interdisciplinary encounters. The starting point for the development of this English-Greek dictionary was the necessity to create a shared language that would clarify terminology and provide recommendations, while at the same time it would support the music therapy discourse, research and education in the Greek language. This initiative draws on Approaches' longstanding work as an English-Greek bilingual journal. The translational dilemmas and choices that inform the dictionary have permeated the efforts and the behind-the-scenes discussions of the team of Approaches from 2008 to the present day aiming to advance the scientific terminology in music therapy. This undertaking is not intended to be an exhaustive review of all the concepts and terms pertaining to the field of music therapy. It makes a first step by opening up a space for a fertile academic dialogue, where the knowledge and interpretation of foreign language concepts and terms are achieved through opportunities for continuous exchange of ideas, reflection, consideration and re-consideration. Our primary intention is to create through the dictionary a place of interdisciplinary encounters, where concepts, terms, theories and authors from both the field of music therapy and other related fields contribute to an informed documentation, rendering and interpretation of foreign language terms.Item Images of “gatekeeping” [Editorial](Queen Margaret University, 2024-12-23) dos Santos, Andeline; Haire, Nicky; Bolger, Lucy; Tsiris, GiorgosItem ‘GRESCO Agape’ – An international songwriting project for hospice patients and school children(Jeffrey Books, 2024) Tsiris, Giorgos; Dileo, Cheryl; Baroni, MariagraziaItem Music therapy and music psychology: Dialogues, theses and antitheses [in Greek](Greek Society for Music Education, 2024) Tsiris, Giorgos; Akoyunoglou, M; Anagnostopoulou, C; Triantafyllaki, A; Koniari, D; Drakoulaki, KItem Companionship [Editorial](Queen Margaret University, 2024-09-17) Tsiris, GiorgosItem Developing a best-practice agenda for music therapy research to support informal carers of terminally ill patients pre- and post-death bereavement: a world café approach(BioMed Central, 2024-02-07) McConnell, Tracey; Gillespie, Kathryn; Potvin, Noah; Roulston, Audrey; Kirkwood, Jenny; Thomas, Daniel; McCullagh, Angela; Roche, Lorna; O’Sullivan, Marcella; Binnie, Kate; Clements-Cortés, Amy; DiMaio, Lauren; Thompson, Zara; Tsiris, Giorgos; Radulovic, Ranka; Graham-Wisener, LisaBackground: Informal carers of terminally ill patients play a vital role in providing palliative care at home, which impacts on their pre- and post-death bereavement experience and presents an up to 50% greater risk for mental-health problems. However, developing and implementing effective bereavement support remains challenging. There is a need to build the evidence base for music therapy as a potentially promising bereavement support for this vulnerable population. This study aimed to co-design an international best practice agenda for research into music therapy for informal carers of patients pre- and post-death bereavement. Methods: Online half day workshop using a World Café approach; an innovative method for harnessing group intelligence within a group of international expert stakeholders (music therapy clinicians and academics with experience of music therapy with informal carers at end-of-life). Demographics, experience, key priorities and methodological challenges were gathered during a pre-workshop survey to inform workshop discussions. The online workshop involved four rounds of rotating, 25-minute, small group parallel discussions using Padlet. One final large group discussion involved a consensus building activity. All data were analysed thematically to identify patterns to inform priorities and recommendations. Results: Twenty-two consented and completed the pre-event survey (response rate 44%), from countries representing 10 different time zones. Sixteen participated in the workshop and developed the following best practice agenda. The effectiveness of music therapy in supporting informal carers across the bereavement continuum should be prioritised. This should be done using a mixed methods design to draw on the strengths of different methodological approaches to building the evidence base. It should involve service users throughout and should use a core outcome set to guide the choice of clinically important bereavement outcome measures in efficacy/effectiveness research. Conclusions: Findings should inform future pre- and post-death bereavement support research for informal caregivers of terminally ill patients. This is an important step in building the evidence base for commissioners and service providers on how to incorporate more innovative approaches in palliative care bereavement services.Item Community music therapy with refugee children in transit camps on the Greek island of Chios: ‘Like one family, together’(Routledge, 2024-01-25) Akoyunoglou, Mitsi; Tsiris, Giorgos; Herrmann, Uwe; Hills de Zárate, Margaret; Hunter, Heather M.; Pitruzzella, SalvoThis chapter is based on a five-year practice-led exploration of group music therapy with refugee children on the Greek island of Chios. Although an increasing number of music therapists work with refugees, practice is only sparsely documented, and there are rare accounts of work within transit camps to date. This chapter seeks to contribute to this gap. Extending beyond trauma-specific considerations, we outline the development of a community-oriented approach to music therapy in relation to the everyday refugee experience within formal and informal transit camps. The narratives and insights emerging from this exploration are explored alongside the principles of Psychological First Aid (PFA). We reflect on the role of music therapy in relation to refugee children's experience of crisis and adversity. Future directions that are transferable to other similar contexts of practice are discussed.