Where should we start now? My Journey Finding the Intersection Every medical intervention that we use today has gone through months or years of rigorous scientific studies and scrutiny. We need evidence from scientific methods that are reproducible and peer reviewed. Medical science doesn’t work with anecdotal evidence as they might be heavily biased. I am often asked, “Don’t you think this is tedious and time-consuming? It is only music ” or “can’t we just give music to patients without these meticulous scientific trials?” It would certainly take time. Hence, there are no board certified/licensed music therapists in India. There are no national medical commission ( NMC/MCI) accredited music therapy training courses in India. There is burgeoning evidence that report, as an adjunct, music-based interventions (MBIs) have certainly had measurable positive outcomes in various illnesses.Īlthough India has a rich and diverse repertoire of music, we have underutilised music’s potential in healthcare. Youngest Invited speaker, 27th International Conference on Palliative Care (IAPCON 2020, Guwahati Medical College, India). Music Therapy is supportive care, and it does not replace the standard treatment course.
The official definition of music therapy set by American Music Therapy Association ( AMTA) is the “clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualised goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program”. Many of the healthcare infrastructures of the lower and middle income countries (LMIC), including India, are not privy to music therapy as it’s not yet an established healthcare profession in many countries. Have we heard anyone say - “I received chemotherapy” - when all they have done is swallow a 500 mg Paracetamol? Similarly, I have observed frivolous connotations of ‘music therapy’ in plenty of instances.
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