Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing, Online Book Launch

Event Description:

Join us for the virtual launch of Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing, a pioneering exploration of the power of music in supporting parental mental health. Published by Oxford University Press, this groundbreaking book is one of the first to delve into the intersection of music and parental wellbeing, featuring insights from interdisciplinary experts including music practitioners, health professionals, researchers, and experts by experience.

Agenda to follow.

Event Highlights:

• Introduction to the book by editor Rosie Perkins, Reader in Performance Science at the Royal College of Music
• Engaging discussions with contributing authors and international experts
• Insights into the role of music in supporting parental mental health

Book Overview:

There 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, considers the intersections with parental wellbeing, and ends 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 roles of music, in its many forms, in supporting and enhancing parental mental wellbeing.

Author Information:

Edited by Rosie Perkins, Professor of Music, Health, and Social Science at the Royal College of Music, London. Rosie's research focuses on the intersection of music and mental health, with a particular emphasis on societal wellbeing and artist development.

Host or Publisher Music and Parental Wellbeing Research Network