Musiktherapeutische Umschau

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A German-language scholarly journal for music therapy, published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht and issued by the German Music Therapy Society (DMtG).

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Musiktherapeutische Umschau (often abbreviated MuU) is a German-language academic journal devoted to the field of music therapy. It is issued by the Deutsche Musiktherapeutische Gesellschaft (DMtG), the German Music Therapy Society, and published by the academic publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, part of the Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage group based in Göttingen. The journal first appeared in 1980 and has since become one of the established German-language periodicals serving practitioners, researchers, and students in music therapy. The journal's editorial scope covers basic research in music therapy, questions of training and professional education, and documentation of clinical practice through case examples that illustrate the possibilities and problems of the everyday working life of music therapists. In addition to peer-reviewed and scholarly contributions, each issue includes a current-affairs section with interdisciplinary reports, notices of events and conferences, and reviews of new publications relevant to the field. It is published in four issues per year and carries the ISSN 0172-5505. Beyond its regular issues, Musiktherapeutische Umschau is associated with two recurring honors that reflect its role in the professional community. Since 2000 the editorial team, in cooperation with the German Music Therapy Society, has awarded the Johannes Th. Eschen-Förderpreis every two years; the prize is named after the German music therapist Johannes Th. Eschen (died 2013) and is intended to support young music-therapy authors, with up to three recipients per cycle. The journal is also linked to the Gertrud Katja Loos-Medaille, named after the music therapist Gertrud Katja Loos, which honors individuals or institutions of supra-regional significance who have done outstanding work for music therapy without themselves practicing as music therapists. Since 2013 the journal has regularly offered CME (continuing medical education) articles through which readers can earn continuing-education credits with the Psychotherapeutenkammer Niedersachsen (Chamber of Psychotherapists of Lower Saxony), supported by online questionnaires keyed to the content of those articles. This positions Musiktherapeutische Umschau not only as a scholarly record but also as a vehicle for professional development in the German-speaking music-therapy community.

History

Musiktherapeutische Umschau was first published in 1980, making it one of the longer-running German-language periodicals dedicated to music therapy. It is issued by the Deutsche Musiktherapeutische Gesellschaft (DMtG), the German Music Therapy Society, and produced by the academic publisher Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, which is part of the Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage group. The journal appears in four issues per year and carries the ISSN 0172-5505. From its beginnings the journal combined several functions: reporting on basic research in music therapy, discussing questions of training and professional education, and documenting, through case examples, the possibilities and problems of the everyday professional life of music therapists. Over time it added a current-affairs section with interdisciplinary reports, event notices, and reviews of new specialist publications. A significant development in the journal's institutional role came in 2000, when its editorial team, in cooperation with the German Music Therapy Society, began awarding the Johannes Th. Eschen-Förderpreis every two years. The prize is named after the German music therapist Johannes Th. Eschen, who died in 2013, and is designed to support young music-therapy authors and draw attention to their work; it is awarded to up to three people per cycle. Recipients have included Ulrike Mönter, Susanne Heinze and Dorothea Schönhals-Schlaudt (2000), Monika Lagler and Karin Mössler (2002), and later cohorts such as Anita Neudorfer and Daniela Lechner (2018) and Dominik Denkmayr and Marlene Emminger (2020). The journal is also associated with the Gertrud Katja Loos-Medaille, named after the music therapist Gertrud Katja Loos. This medal honors individuals or institutions of supra-regional significance who have worked particularly hard for music therapy without themselves being active as music therapists. The medal depicts a conch-shell player, based on a photograph of a gemstone dated to 2000 BCE from a museum in Heraklion. Past recipients include Volker Bernius and the scientific leadership of the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks (2001), Hermann Rauhe (2002), the Andreas-Tobias-Kind-Stiftung (2003), Horst Kächele (2005), David Aldridge (2006), Paul Rothenfußer (2007), Peter Petersen (2011), the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (2013), Gerald Hüther (2018), and Helmut Röhrborn (2020). In 2013 the journal introduced a further service for its readership: regularly published CME articles through which readers can earn continuing-education points with the Psychotherapeutenkammer Niedersachsen (Chamber of Psychotherapists of Lower Saxony). Corresponding online questionnaires accompany the content of these articles, linking the journal directly to professional development requirements in the field.

2013
The journal begins regularly offering CME articles with online questionnaires for continuing-education points.
2013
German music therapist Johannes Th. Eschen, namesake of the journal's sponsorship prize, dies.
2001
First Gertrud Katja Loos-Medaille recipients: Volker Bernius and the scientific leadership of the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks.
2000
The editorial team, with the German Music Therapy Society, begins awarding the Johannes Th. Eschen-Förderpreis every two years.
1980
Musiktherapeutische Umschau is first published.

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An established German-language scholarly and professional journal for music therapy, combining basic research, training discussion, clinical case documentation, and continuing education for the German-speaking music-therapy community.

Musiktherapeutische Umschau journal (4 issues per year, ISSN 0172-5505)
CME continuing-education articles with online questionnaires
Johannes Th. Eschen-Förderpreis (biennial sponsorship prize)
Gertrud Katja Loos-Medaille (medal honoring non-therapist supporters of music therapy)

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