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Overview

Felicity A. Baker is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has concentrated research efforts within the intersecting fields of psychology and medicine. Their work spans numerous subfields including social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, general health professions, and critical care and intensive care medicine.

Their research topics predominantly cover music therapy and health, dementia and cognitive impairment research, intensive care unit cognitive disorders, neuroscience and music perception, art therapy and mental health, family caregiving in mental illness, and diverse music education insights.

Felicity A. Baker has published multiple recent papers, highlighting research on music interventions and their effects on conditions such as dementia and depression. Notable recent works include:

  • "Clinical effectiveness of music interventions for dementia and depression in elderly care (MIDDEL): Australian cohort of an international pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial" (2022) published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • "Editorial: The State of the Art in Creative Arts Therapies" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "It's Feasible to Write a Song: A Feasibility Study Examining Group Therapeutic Songwriting for People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "How Singing can Help People With Dementia and Their Family Care-Partners: A Mixed Studies Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis, Thematic Synthesis, and Meta-Integration" (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Music Interventions and Delirium in Adults: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis" (2022) published in Brain Sciences

The primary publication venues for their work include Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Music Therapy, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, Brain Sciences, and Dementia.

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Jeanette Tamplin
  • Tanara Vieira Sousa
  • Imogen Clark
  • Phoebe Stretton-Smith
  • Karette Stensæth

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic Songwriting in Music Therapy Part I: Who are the therapists, who are the clients, and why is songwriting used?

    Felicity Baker;Tony Wigram;David Stott;Katrina McFerran

  • 'To be heard': The social and mental health benefits of choir singing for disadvantaged adults

    Genevieve A. Dingle;Christopher Brander;Julie Ballantyne;Felicity A. Baker

  • Songwriting: Methods, Techniques, and Clinical Applications for Music Therapy Clinicians, Educators, and Students

    Felicity Baker;Tony Wigram

  • An investigation of long-term effects of group music therapy on agitation levels of people with Alzheimer's Disease.

    Alison J Ledger;Felicity A Baker

  • From Therapeutic Factors to Mechanisms of Change in the Creative Arts Therapies: A Scoping Review.

    Martina de Witte;Hod Orkibi;Rebecca Zarate;Vicky Karkou

  • Creative Arts Interventions to Address Depression in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Outcomes, Processes, and Mechanisms

    Kim Dunphy;Felicity A. Baker;Ella Dumaresq;Katrina Carroll-Haskins

  • Music therapy and emotional exploration: Exposing substance abuse clients to the experiences of non-drug-induced emotions

    Felicity A. Baker;Libby M. Gleadhill;Genevieve A. Dingle

  • Drought resistance in cereals

    F. W. G. Baker

  • Therapeutic Songwriting: Developments in Theory, Methods, and Practice

    Felicity Baker

  • The effect of group music therapy on mood, speech, and singing in individuals with Parkinson's disease--a feasibility study.

    Cochavit Elefant;Felicity A Baker;Meir Lotan;Simen Krogstie Lagesen

  • Music Therapy Methods in Neurorehabilitation: A Clinician's Manual

    Felicity Baker;Jeanette Tamplin

  • 'Stroke a Chord': The effect of singing in a community choir on mood and social engagement for people living with aphasia following a stroke

    Jeanette Tamplin;Felicity Baker;Bronwen Jones;Anneliis Way

  • The modulating effects of music listening on health-related exercise and physical activity in adults: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

    Imogen N. Clark;Felicity A. Baker;Nicholas F. Taylor

  • Can Music Preference Indicate Mental Health Status in Young People

    Felicity Baker;William Bor

  • The effect of music therapy services on classroom behaviours of newly arrived refugee students in Australia—a pilot study

    Felicity Baker;Carolyn Jones

  • “You've got to accentuate the positive”: Group songwriting to promote a life of enjoyment, engagement and meaning in aging Australians

    Felicity A. Baker;Julie Ballantyne

  • A systematic review of the efficacy of creative arts therapies in the treatment of adults with PTSD.

    Felicity A. Baker;Olivia Metcalf;Tracey Varker;Meaghan O'Donnell

  • A Retrospective lyrical analysis of songs written by adolescents with anorexia nervosa

    Katrina McFerran;Felicity Baker;George C. Patton;Susan M. Sawyer

  • Modifying the Melodic Intonation Therapy Program for Adults With Severe Non-fluent Aphasia

    Felicity A. Baker

  • Can music therapy engage patients in group cognitive behaviour therapy for substance abuse treatment

    Genevieve A. Dingle;Libby Gleadhill;Felicity A. Baker

  • From healing rituals to music therapy: bridging the cultural divide between therapist and young Sudanese refugees

    Carolyn Jones;Felicity Baker;Toni Day

  • Australian Journal of Music Therapy

    Felicity Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikki S Rickard
Nikki S Rickard University of Melbourne
Christian Gold
Christian Gold University of Vienna
Genevieve A. Dingle
Genevieve A. Dingle University of Queensland
Jennie Ponsford
Jennie Ponsford Monash University
Jane W. Davidson
Jane W. Davidson University of Melbourne
Cathy Catroppa
Cathy Catroppa Royal Children's Hospital
Olivier Piguet
Olivier Piguet University of Sydney
Leanne Hides
Leanne Hides University of Queensland
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
Nicola T. Lautenschlager University of Melbourne
Meaghan O'Donnell
Meaghan O'Donnell University of Melbourne

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