Music Therapy
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I try to raise awareness via multiple channels: continuing professional development of healthcare professionals (CPD), Research and Public Communications.
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Public Communications
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Sidra Medicine - Music Medicine Edition 2- June 19th, 2023
Special Guest of a pioneering type of event in Qatar inside at Sidra Hospital. Performed Shahinaz Saigi on the Ney instrument, composed by Adel Garai. (view at 8:15'). Documentary by Qatar TV - Music Therapy (2020-2022)
العلاج بالموسيقى - وثائقيات تلفزيون قطر |
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Multiversity Event at Qatar Foundation - I am QF (2022).
A Spoonful of Music: Medicine for the Mind and Body. A neuroscientist and a musician collaborated to develop an online music therapy course. In this talk, we shed light on the applications and benefits of music therapy, and how healthcare professionals can work with musicians and music therapists to raise awareness of its benefits. |
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Interview with Doha News on the mechanisms and use of Music Therapy.
مقابلة مع دوحة نيوز حول آليات واستخدامات العلاج بالموسيقى. Interview with Qatar TV in Arabic on the history, use and mechanisms of Music Therapy.
مقابلة مع تلفزيون قطر باللغة العربية حول تاريخ العلاج بالموسيقى واستخداماته وآلياته. |
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Doha Healthcare week – WISH conference, Doha, Qatar
Webinar: Exploring the Potential of Music Therapy in Neurological Rehabilitation and Mental Health. (November 2020) أسبوع الدوحة للرعاية الصحية - مؤتمر ويش ، الدوحة ، قطر ندوة عبر الإنترنت: استكشاف إمكانات العلاج بالموسيقى في إعادة التأهيل العصبي والصحة العقلية. |
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Research Investigations
The aims of these investigations are to: 1/establish a ground for evidence-based research on the effects Arab Music Maqams on brain physiology and emotions; 2/ Understanding the brain correlates of human music performance, 3/ Raise awareness on the necessity of developing precision music therapy tools for individuals with middle eastern background.
Study 1: An EEG-based Exploration of the Variables Affecting Cortical Responses to Arabic Music Scales for a Personalised and Effective Music Therapy in the Middle East: a Clinical Study.
Trial number: NCT04573101
Study Type :Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment :100 participants
Allocation:Randomized
Intervention Model:Crossover Assignment
Intervention Model Description:Each participants is exposed to 24 different audio recordings and asked to select emotion that best describes feeling after each auditory stimulus. The 24 audio stimuli are distributed in a random manner by computer. In addition, emotional assessment is performed before and after the session. This is a total of 26 arms.
Masking:None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:Basic Science
Official Title:An EEG-based Exploration of the Variables Affecting Cortical Responses to Arabic Music Scales for a Personalised and Effective Music Therapy in the Middle East: a Clinical Study
Actual Study Start Date :February 11, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date :December 31, 2022
Estimated Study Completion Date :December 31, 2023
This research project is a clinical trial, which I registered in the public database of the U.S National Library of Medicine, in October 2020. It aims at exploring the effect of arab maqams and arab music instruments (Oud, Ney and Qanun) on the brain and emotions in a multiethnic population like in Qatar. This is the first clinical trial registered on music for Qatar, it is also the first in the Gulf region and it is the only trial in the world that explores specific Maqams "Kurd" and "Saba" on three different instruments and using two different techniques, physiological and psychological assessment. Results awill be released in several publications. Clinical trial report not yet posted.
Background:
"Maqams", or to be fair to the arabic language "Maqamat", correspond to the melodic system used in all Middle Eastern Music and in prayers of muslims, christians or jewish of the Middle East. It is actually in the 10th century that El Farabi and others started using different Maqams to treat different diseases and develop what used to be called "Music Therapy" but would be called today "Music Medicine". because the expression "Music Therapy" has now been assigned (by ?) to another developing field, an evidence-based use of music and music tools for non musical objectives.
Evidence, that's what is missing here. Turkey, because of the heritage from the Ottoman culture, continued to use Maqams and the empirically learned principles of the use of Music in healing and Medicine. However, in the rest of the Middle East, the use of Music in medicine did not fo further than that. In addition, because of the late development of Neuroscience, there are no peer reviewed evidence on how different maqams affect the brain and emotions and all old practices are not solidly supported.
Study Type :Interventional (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment :100 participants
Allocation:Randomized
Intervention Model:Crossover Assignment
Intervention Model Description:Each participants is exposed to 24 different audio recordings and asked to select emotion that best describes feeling after each auditory stimulus. The 24 audio stimuli are distributed in a random manner by computer. In addition, emotional assessment is performed before and after the session. This is a total of 26 arms.
Masking:None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:Basic Science
Official Title:An EEG-based Exploration of the Variables Affecting Cortical Responses to Arabic Music Scales for a Personalised and Effective Music Therapy in the Middle East: a Clinical Study
Actual Study Start Date :February 11, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date :December 31, 2022
Estimated Study Completion Date :December 31, 2023
This research project is a clinical trial, which I registered in the public database of the U.S National Library of Medicine, in October 2020. It aims at exploring the effect of arab maqams and arab music instruments (Oud, Ney and Qanun) on the brain and emotions in a multiethnic population like in Qatar. This is the first clinical trial registered on music for Qatar, it is also the first in the Gulf region and it is the only trial in the world that explores specific Maqams "Kurd" and "Saba" on three different instruments and using two different techniques, physiological and psychological assessment. Results awill be released in several publications. Clinical trial report not yet posted.
Background:
"Maqams", or to be fair to the arabic language "Maqamat", correspond to the melodic system used in all Middle Eastern Music and in prayers of muslims, christians or jewish of the Middle East. It is actually in the 10th century that El Farabi and others started using different Maqams to treat different diseases and develop what used to be called "Music Therapy" but would be called today "Music Medicine". because the expression "Music Therapy" has now been assigned (by ?) to another developing field, an evidence-based use of music and music tools for non musical objectives.
Evidence, that's what is missing here. Turkey, because of the heritage from the Ottoman culture, continued to use Maqams and the empirically learned principles of the use of Music in healing and Medicine. However, in the rest of the Middle East, the use of Music in medicine did not fo further than that. In addition, because of the late development of Neuroscience, there are no peer reviewed evidence on how different maqams affect the brain and emotions and all old practices are not solidly supported.
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Research team
Principal Investigator: Ghizlane Bendriss, PhD Co-investigators: Sarah Roach, Hanan Saba Research Assistants 2020-2021: Mohamed Emad Janjua, Shahd Jaouni, Ridhima Kaul, Shehroz Rana, Mariyam Al-Quradaghi. Research Assistants 2022-2023: Hanan Saba, Gawaher El Khattib, Padmakurakumari Sarada. |
Study 2: EEG correlates of Middle Eastern Improvisations on the Ney instrument.
This is the first study of its kind, exploring what is happening in the brain during musical improvisation on the 8 most commonly used Maqams using the Ney instrument, a flute used in the Middle East. The very talented pre-medical student, Mohamad Yaghmour, run and analyzed the investigation under my mentorship, and resulted in the first peer reviewed publication in this field "EEG Correlates of Middle Eastern Music Improvisations on the Ney Instrument".
Background:
"Maqams", or to be fair to the arabic language "Maqamat", correspond to the melodic system used in all Middle Eastern Music and in prayers of muslims, christians or jewish of the Middle East. It is actually in the 10th century that El Farabi and others started using different Maqams to treat different diseases and develop what used to be called "Music Therapy" but would be called today "Music Medicine". because the expression "Music Therapy" has now been assigned (by ?) to another developing field, an evidence-based use of music and music tools for non musical objectives.
Evidence, that's what is missing here. Turkey, because of the heritage from the Ottoman culture, continued to use Maqams and the empirically learned principles of the use of Music in healing and Medicine. However, in the rest of the Middle East, the use of Music in medicine did not fo further than that. In addition, because of the late development of Neuroscience, there are no peer reviewed evidence on how different maqams affect the brain and emotions and all old practices are not solidly supported.
Publication: Yaghmour M, Sarada P, Roach S, Kadar I, Pesheva Z, Chaari A, Bendriss G. EEG Correlates of Middle Eastern Music Improvisations on the Ney Instrument. Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 4;12:701761. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701761. PMID: 34671287; PMCID: PMC8520950.
Background:
"Maqams", or to be fair to the arabic language "Maqamat", correspond to the melodic system used in all Middle Eastern Music and in prayers of muslims, christians or jewish of the Middle East. It is actually in the 10th century that El Farabi and others started using different Maqams to treat different diseases and develop what used to be called "Music Therapy" but would be called today "Music Medicine". because the expression "Music Therapy" has now been assigned (by ?) to another developing field, an evidence-based use of music and music tools for non musical objectives.
Evidence, that's what is missing here. Turkey, because of the heritage from the Ottoman culture, continued to use Maqams and the empirically learned principles of the use of Music in healing and Medicine. However, in the rest of the Middle East, the use of Music in medicine did not fo further than that. In addition, because of the late development of Neuroscience, there are no peer reviewed evidence on how different maqams affect the brain and emotions and all old practices are not solidly supported.
Publication: Yaghmour M, Sarada P, Roach S, Kadar I, Pesheva Z, Chaari A, Bendriss G. EEG Correlates of Middle Eastern Music Improvisations on the Ney Instrument. Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 4;12:701761. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701761. PMID: 34671287; PMCID: PMC8520950.
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Research team
Principal Investigator: Ghizlane Bendriss, PhD Researchers: Mohammad Yaghmour, Padmakumari Sarada, Sarah Roach. Public summary of results: - in English - in Arabic |
CPD Programs
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Online Course
Training in Music-Based Therapeutic Interventions: from Fundamentals to Multidisciplinary Implementation. Get your Certificate now! 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ ACCME - DHP considers Asynchronous activities under Category 2. Registration fees - $100 or QAR 363 REGISTER HERE Note: Registration is open at all times. However, course content access to Canvas will be given every Monday and Thursday. Doha, March 3rd-4th, 2023. Management of Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Neurological Disorders using Evidence-based Music Therapy Techniques. This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Category 1) as defined by the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Healthcare Professions-Accreditation Section and is approved for a maximum of 13.25 hours. ACCME 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. |
MUSIC THERAPISTS ARE NOW LICENSED IN QATAR!
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To know more about the scope of practice and requirements of the new License "Art Therapist" in Qatar, please download this document.
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