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Music has been interwoven with societal evolution since time immemorial. There is no culture on earth that doesn’t have its music. Of late, music has transcended the boundaries of art and pleasure, to which it was oft relegated, and has showed strong potential as a healing agent for the brain. Read more here…

Music therapy works against depression in young people. The credit for this discovery belongs to the Queen’s University of Belfast, that has carried out the  largest ever study of this kind. Read more here…

Music therapy as an aid to regaining emotional health and stability has changed lives and helped victims of abuse, trauma and intimate partner violence, and it is used by some therapists in treatment of physical disabilities. Read more here…

Mike Haines (69), a resident of Canmore Lodge Care Home on Robertson Road, is living with cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a disease of small blood vessels in the brain that can cause speech difficulties, confusion, brain haemorrhage and stroke. Read more here…

Until now, becoming a music therapist in California has meant competing for limited seats each year in music therapy programs at University of the Pacific’s Stockton campus or Cal State Northridge, the only two institutions statewide that have been accredited by the American Music Therapy Association. Read more here…

A singer in Saskatoon has released a CD she hopes will help people nearing the end of their lives. Ruth Eliason, a music therapist in the palliative care unit at St. Paul’s Hospital, said she has seen the difference music has made. “For patients and family members, their time in hospital can be really intense. Music can help to alleviate some of the difficult parts of their experience whether it be pain or anxiety and music is also used to draw people together,” Eliason said. Read more here…

Music therapy is a practical intervention which involves children writing songs or composing music to express their feelings. Music therapy can significantly reduce depression in children, it has been claimed. The social skills and self esteem of young people suffering emotional, behavioural and developmental problems was dramatically improved when their medical treatment was enhanced by music therapy, according to new research. Read more here…

Growing up can be tough for some kids but findings of a new research suggest that parents whose children suffer from depression and behavioral problems can turn to music therapy as this may help troubled kids and teens. Read more here…

Largest ever study of its kind, the researchers in partnership with the Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust, found that children who received music therapy had significantly improved self-esteem and significantly reduced depression compared with those who received treatment without music therapy.  Read more here…

Evidence has shown that music therapy can address people’s physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs by either creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. A recent study conducted at Queen’s University Belfast has revealed that music therapy can effectively treat depression in children and adolescents dealing with emotional, developmental, and behavioral problems. Read more here…