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OverviewThere is compelling evidence that music can enhance parental wellbeing, yet to date there have been few attempts to bring together current endeavours in the field. Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing provides readers from music, health, and beyond, with a new and comprehensive opportunity to consider how music can support parental mental wellbeing. Drawing on recent ground-breaking practice, research, and evaluation the book illuminates how music can support mental wellbeing in pregnancy and the postnatal period, childbirth and perinatal hospital settings, and in the early years.Each chapter provides introductory context, describes the relevant musical practice, consider the intersections with parental wellbeing, and end with implications for practice and key take-aways for the reader. With an interdisciplinary and international team of authors, including music and health practitioners, experts by experience, and researchers, this book explores and establishes the role of music, in its many forms, in supporting and enhancing parental mental wellbeing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rosie Perkins (Reader in Performance Science, Reader in Performance Science, Royal College of Music)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm ISBN: 9780192863287ISBN 10: 0192863282 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 07 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: To order Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRosie Perkins is Professor of Music, Health, and Social Science at the Royal College of Music, London. Based in the Centre for Performance Science, Rosie's research investigates two broad areas within music and mental health: how music and the arts support societal wellbeing and how to enhance artists' wellbeing and career development. Rosie is an honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London and, in 2019, was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |