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• Shoemark, H & Dearn, T: Keeping Parents at the Centre of Family Centred Music Therapy with hospitalized Infants.
• Daveson, B.A: A Description of a Music Therapy Meta-model in Neuro-disability and Neuro-rehabilitation for use with Children, Adolescents and Adults.
• Roberts, M. & McFerran, K: Music Therapy in the Australian Print Media: A Content Analysis.
• Smith, M: The Effects of a Single Relaxation Session on State Anxiety Levels of Adults in a Workplace Environment.

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• Daveson, B. A.: Findings of an Audit of Music Therapy Referrals in a Specialist In-patient Setting for 16 Patients with Advancing Huntington’s Disease.
• Magee, W. L.: A Comparison Between the Use of Songs and Improvisation in Music Therapy with Adults Living with Acquired and Chronic Illness.
• Short, A: Theme and variations on Quietness: Reklaxation-Focused Music Therapy and Imagery in Aged care.
• O'Grady, L & McFerran, K: Uniting the Work of Community Musicians and Music Therapists through the Health-Care Continuum: A Grounded Theory Analysis.
• Book Reviews
  • Hadley, S. (Ed.).(2006) Feminist perspectives in music therapy.
  • Mares, S., Newman, L., Warren, B., & Cornish, K. (2005). Clinical Skills in Infant Mental Health.

Volume 17, 2006

• Bright, R.: Coping with change: the supportive role of the music therapist .
• Krout, R.E.: The Music Runs Through It - Notes from a Music Therapy Journey.
• Lesta, B. & Petocz, P.: Familiar group singing: Addressing mood and social behaviour of residents with dementia displaying sundowning.
• Pavlicevic, M. : Worksongs, playsongs: Communication, collaboration, culture and community.
• Roberts, M.: “I Want to Play and Sing My Story”: Home-Based Songwriting for Bereaved Children and Adolescents .
• Shoemark, H.: Infant-directed singing as a vehicle for regulation rehearsal in the medically fragile full-term infant.
• Van der Walt, M. & Baron, A.: The Role of Music Therapy in the Treatment of a Girl with Pervasive Refusal Syndrome: Exploring Approaches to Empowerment.
• Book Reviews
  • Aldridge, D. (Ed.). (2005). Music therapy and neurological rehabilitation.
  • Aldridge, D. & Fachner, J. (Eds.). (2006). Music and altered states: Consciousness, transcendence, therapy and addictions.
  • Pavlicevic, M. (Ed.). (2005). Music Therapy in Children’s Hospices – Jessie’s Fund in Action
  • Perret. D. (2005). Roots of Musicality. Music Therapy and Personal Development.
  • Wheeler, B. (2005) Music Therapy Research. Second edition.

• Amir, D: Musical Humour in Improvisational Music Therapy
• Baker, F., Kennelly, J., & Tamplin, J: Themes in Songs Written by Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury: Differences Across the Lifespan
• Mackenzie, J., & Hamlett, K: The Music Together Program: Addressing the Needs of "Well" Families with Young Children
• Williams, K., & Abad, V: Reflections on Music Therapy with Indigenous Families: Cultural Learning Put into Practice
• Steele, M: Coping with Multiple Sclerosis: A Music Therapy Viewpoint
• Ledger, A., & Baker, F: Longitudinal Research Designs in Music Therapy with People who have Dementia
• Invited paper by Denise Grocke: Significant Moments in Music Therapy in Australia.
• Book review by Katrina McFerran: Wigram, T. (2004). Improvisation: Methods and techniques for music therapy clinicians, educators and students. London: Jessica Kingsley.
• Book review by Shannon O'Gorman: Nocker-Ribaurpierre, M. (Ed.). (2004). Music therapy for premature and newborn infants (S. Weber, Trans.). Philadelphia: Barcelona.
• Book review by Robyn Booth: Robbins, C. (2005). A journey into creative music therapy. St. Louis: MMB Music, Inc.

• Abad, Vicky, & Edwards, Jane: Strengthening families: A role for music therapy in contributing to family centred care
• Sheridan, Janine & McFerran, Katrina: Exploring the value of opportunities for choice and control in music therapy within a paediatric hospice setting
• Krout, Robert E.: A synerdisciplinary music therapy treatment team approach for hospice and palliative care
• Daveson, Barbara A.: A review article regarding temporal phenomena within music therapy
• Booth, Robyn: Current practice and understanding of music therapy in Victorian special schools
• Invited paper by Gilbertson, Simon & Aldridge, David: The Australian Journal of Music Therapy and the Music Therapy World Journal Index: The first full text music therapy journal database.
• Book review by McFerran, Katrina: Hadley, S. (Ed.). Psychodynamic Music Therapy: Case Studies. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers.

• Calabro, Jacinta, Wolfe, Rory, & Shoemark, Helen: The effects of recorded sedative music on the physiology and behaviour of premature infants with a respiratory disorder. 3 - 19
• Abad, Vicky: A time of turmoil: Music therapy interventions for adolescents in a paediatric oncology ward. 20 - 37
• Horne-Thompson, Anne: Expanding from hospital to home based care: Implications for music therapists working in palliative care. 38 - 49
• Hogan, Bridgit, & Cockayne, Mark: Striking a chord: Consolidating music therapy's future in palliative care. 50 - 62
• Book review by Baker, Felicity: Sutton, J. (Ed.). (2002). Music, music therapy and trauma: International perspectives. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Book review by Coull, Susan: Berger, D. S. (2002). Music therapy, sensory integration and the autistic child. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Bergmann, Katrina: The sound of trauma: Music therapy in a post-war environment. 3- 16
• Meadows, Anthony : Approaches to music and movement for children with severe and profound multiple disabilities. 17- 27
• Langan, Dianne & Athanasou, James: A comparison of video recall responses between music therapy, music and other therapy students. 28 - 37
• Nugent, Natalie: Agitated behaviours in Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders: Music and music therapy research
• Book review by Edwards, Jane: Forinash, M. (2001). Music therapy supervision. Philadelphia: Barcelona Publishers
• Book review by Grocke, Denise: Wigram, T., Nygaard Pedersen, I. & Bonde, L.O. (2002). A comprehensive guide to music therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Dr Joanne Loewy, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY: Building bridges in team centred care, Keynote Address to the Australian Music Therapy Association Conference, Brisbane, August 2000.
• Kennelly, Jeanette, Hamilton, Leonie, Cross, Jill: The interface of music therapy and speech pathology in the rehabilitation of children with acquired brain injury. 13-20
• Ledger, Alison: Song parody for adolescents with cancer. 21-28
• Daveson, Barbara: Empowerment: An intrinsic process and consequence of music therapy practice. 29-38
• Marr, Jennifer: The effects of music on imagery sequence in the Bonny method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). 39-45
• Book Review by Emma O'Brien: Pavlicevic, Mercedes (1999). Music Therapy: Intimate Notes. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• McFerran-Skewes, K: From the mouths of babes: The response of six younger, bereaved teenagers to the experience of psychodynamic group music therapy
• Forrest, L: Addressing the issues of ethnicity and identity in palliative care through music therapy practice. 23-37
• Tamplin, J: Improvisational music therapy approaches to coma arousal

• Hadley, S A: Comparative analysis of the philosophical premises underlying Creative Music Therapy and Analytical Music Therapy.
• McClelland, R: An exploration of resistance in improvisational music therapy. 20-29

• Lem, A: EEG reveals potential connections between selected categories of imagery and the psycho-acoustic profile of music. 3-17
• Hogan, B: Approaching the end of life: A role for music therapy within the context of palliative care models. 18-34
• Skewes, K & Thompson G: The use of musical interactions to develop social skills in early intervention. 35-44
• Han, P: The use of music in managing pain for hospitalised children. 44-56

• Meadows, T: Music therapy for children with severe and profound multiple disability: A review of literature 3-17
• Kennelly, J & Edwards, J: Providing music therapy for the unconscious child in the paediatric intensive care unit. 18-29
• Lee, K & Baker, F: Towards integrating a holistic rehabilitation system: The implications for music therapy. 30-37

• Shoemark, H: Family-centred early intervention: music therapy in the playgroup program.
• Hadley, S: A rationale for the use of song with children undergoing bone marrow transplantation.
• O'Callaghan, C: The relative merits of quantitative and qualitative research approach in music therapy

• Short, A: Insight-oriented music therapy with elderly residents.
• Bruinsma, R: Music therapy and motherhood.

• Edwards, J.: The use of music therapy to assist children who have severe burns.
• Ely, E & Scott, K: Integrating clients with an intellectual disability into the community through music therapy.
• Dye, S: The issues surrounding the evaluation by clients of the impact of two music therapy programmes in an acute psychiatric setting.

Volume 4, 1993
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• Standley, J: "So various that it seem'd to be, not one but all mankind's epitome".
• Short, A: GIM during pregnancy: Anticipation and resolution.
• Aldridge, K: The use of music to relieve pre-operational anxiety in children attending Day Surgery.
• Cullen, I: The use of music to enhance the group therapy process with adult acute psychiatric patients.

• Wigram, T: Aspects of music therapy relating to physical disability.
• Wigram, T: Differential diagnosis of autism and other types of disability.
• Milford, J: Music and medicine - Future directions for music therapy?
• Erdonmez, D: Clinical applications of Guided Imagery and Music.
• Holligan, Sr. F: Case study: Guided Imagery and Music.
• Nikles, R: Integration of music therapy and theology: A preliminary approach.
• Short, A: Isoprinciple: The group approach.

• Croxson, M: Music therapy and survival: Our guardianship for those who follow.
• Erdonmez, D: Music therapy - the evidence.
• Thompson, R: Different or disabled? Music therapy with a learning impaired child.
• MacMahaon, T: Meeting the musical needs of mainstreamed blind and low vision students.

• Erdonmez, D: The interactive process of healing in music therapy.
• Short, A: Physical illness in the process of guided imagery and music.
• O'Callaghan, C: Music therapy skills used in song-writing within a palliative care setting.
• Reed, B: A survey of teachers' concerns towards integration in state primary schools, Bendigo region, Victoria
• Ely, E & McMahon, M: Integration - Where does it begin? A creative arts perspective.
• Turnbull, D & Robinson, M: Music and movement as therapy for primary language and learning disordered children.