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Mantzikos, N.K. (2015). Music Heals: The therapeutic effect of music on developmental disorders. (2th revised edition). ISBN 13 9786185067670, Thessaloniki: iWrite.gr Publications.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword (By Fotini Kryoneriti, MSc, PhD)

Foreword (By Argyris B. Karapetsas, Professor of Neyropsychology and Neurolinguistics, Director of Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece)

PART ONE

Music therapy in Antiquity

Music therapy in the Renaissance and the Baroque

Music Therapy in Mythology

The Music Therapy through the historical sources

Music therapy in modern Europe and USA

References

PART TWO

Definition of Music Therapy

Music therapy as a diagnostic instrument

Music therapy as a therapeutic agent

The role of music therapists

Music Therapy in Special Education

Music Pedagogy / Therapeutic Pedagogy Music Education

References

PART THREE

Introduction to the brain and music

The effect of music on fetal period

The effect of music on children aged 7-12

The influence of music on behavior

The music perception

The effect of  music in the memory

The effect of music in language

The effect of music on emotions

The effect of music on the move

References

PART FOUR

Music and Alzheimer

Music and Frontotemporal dementia

Music and Parkinson

Music and Epilepsy

Music and Specific Learning Difficulties

Music and Mental Retardation

Music and Down syndrome

Music and Williams- Beuren syndrome

Music and Autism

Music and Savant Syndrome

Music and Tourette syndrome

Music and blindness

Music and Cerebral Palsy

Music and Aphasia Broca

References

PART FIVE

Music and pain

Music and cancer

Music and burns

Music and heart problems

Music and insomnia

Music, stress and depression

References

PART SIX

The music from the perspective of a philosopher - Gurdjieff Effect

The music from the perspective of a musician - Mozart Effect

References

CONCLUSIONS

SUMMARY

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

EPILOGUE

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS