Anger management through music Reducing Aggression in Adult Offenders
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Vaughn Kaser MCAT, MT-BCNicole Cassingham MT-BC
ANGER MANAGEMENT THROUGH MUSIC
REDUCING AGGRESSION IN ADULT OFFENDERS
Atascadero State HospitalMaximum Security Forensic Psychiatric State Hospital
1275 Patients Beds Interdisciplinary Teams
Types of patients PC 1370 - Incompetent to Stand Trial PC 2962 - Mentally Disordered Offenders on Parole PC 1026 - Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity PC 2684 - Mentally Disordered Inmates
The Recovery Model Philosophy
THEELEMENTS
The Wellness and Recovery Foci
Focus 3 Dangerousness and Impulsivity
The Lesson Plan
Taylor, Dale B. (1997). Biomedical Foundations of Music As Therapy. Saint Louis: MMB Music, Inc.
Schneck, Daniel J. and Berger, Dorita S. (2006). The Music Effect. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
topics
Routine Interventions
Surdo DrumsFloor TomDjembesBass XylophoneTone ChimesRain StickOcean Drum Small Percussion
Instruments Used
Our Groups! ... An Evolution
AngerAGGRESSI
ON
In Control Of SelfCycle into Civility
My Own Prison
CREED
Inspired images
PowerForce
VS
Can this be true?
Does Catharsis Help Manage Anger?
Concerns: Could We Be…
Encouraging Physical Aggression?
Supporting Physical Acting Out?
Literature ReviewSteven Koelsch
Music in the Treatment of Affective Disorders: An Exploratory
Investigation of a New Method For Music-Therapeutic Research
Music Perception Vol 27, Issue 4
Koelsch states“Mounting evidence indicates that making music, dancing, and even simply listening to music activates a multitude of brain structures involved in cognitive, sensorimotor, and emotional processing”
“Music can strongly affect emotion and mood…emotional effects form an important basis for possible interventions using music in the treatment of disorders related to autonomic (below the level of consciousness, controls visceral functions) endocrine (hormones-adrenal gland-stress), and immune system dysfunction, because the activity of these systems is under the modulatory control of emotional processes.”
Study by Blood and Zatorre (2001)
Supported the assumption that music can evoke real emotions-because the activity of core structures of emotion processing was modulated by music
Key point: Modulation
Limbic areas Amygdala, Hippocampus, Hypothalamus
“music can have effects on the activity of virtually all limbic and paralimbic structures (that
is, of core structures of emotional processing)” Koelsch
“The hippocampus plays an important role for the generation of tender positive emotions (such as joy and happiness)…The activity changes in the hippocampal formation…are relevant for music therapy…individuals with reduced capability of producing tender positive emotions show reduced activity…it could be hypothesized the music therapy can help to (A) Reanimate activity in the hippocampus, (B) prevent death of hippocampal neurons” -Koelsch
Limbic areas Continued…
Other studies showed involvement of the amygdala in emotional responses to music
(p.308) - Koelsch
Amygdala. “Connects with the hippocampus, the septal nuclei, the prefrontal area and the medial dorsal nucleus of the thalamus. These connections make it possible for the amygdala to play a role on the mediation and control of
major affective activities like friendship, love and affection, on the expression of mood and mainly, on fear, rage and
aggression. Being the center for identification of danger is fundamental for self preservation. When triggered, it give rise to fear and anxiety which lead the animal into stage o
alertness, getting ready to flight or fight”
Limbic Areas and Aggression
Amaral, Rocha and Oliveira, Martins “Limbic System: The Center of
Emotions”The Healing Center
Choi, Ae-naSoo Lee, Myeong
and Lee, Jung-Sook
Research
Results:
“Intervention Reduces Aggression and Improves Self-Esteem in Children with Highly Aggressive Behavior: A Pilot Controlled Trial”
eCAM Advance Access 7/17/08 Music intervention group showed
significant reduction of aggression and improvement of self-esteem compared with control group. Activity included singing, playing percussion instruments and hand bells.
Decrease in frontal cortex function is associated with aggression and an increase in impulsive behaviours (Paus 2005)
Decreased communication between the limbic structures and the Prefrontal Cortex may also influence aggression
Remember Phineas Gage
Prefrontal cortex
Neurobiology of Aggression“Motivation and Emotion”
Textbook/Emotion
“The hypothalamus and pituitary gland are important parts of the brains limbic system associate with emotional response and arousal. These structures, along with the septum and
amygdala, may play a role in mediating aggression”
Pituitary gland is controlled by the hypothalamus. The Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA). Interactions among these organs (HPA Axis) are a major part of the
neuroendocrine system that controls reactions to stress and regulate many body processes including digestion, the
immune system, mood and emotions, sexuality, and energy storage and expenditure -Wikipedia
Hypothalamus – Pituitary Gland
Schaffhausen, Joanna “Biological Basis of
Aggression”
Learned From Family
Developmental Stages
Behaviors
Seven C’s The Social Functions of Music
Koelsch, Stefan. “Toward a neural basis of music-evoked emotions”Cluster of Excellence “Languages of Emotion”Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Let’s Play
And….
QUESTIONS?
Thank You!!!
“YOUR BODY HAS LEFT TO RIGHT FROM RIGHT TO WRONG BUT YOU HAVEA HALO FOR YOUR MIND FOR RIGHTOUSNESS THROUGH MUSIC”- INDIVIDUAL