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Music can be therapeutic in a number of ways. Research has found that music boosts the immune system, eases muscle tension, effects positive changes in mood, reduces depression, and enables memory.  Read more here…

The researchers’ TMV intervention was designed to help adolescents and young adults explore and express thoughts and emotions about their disease and treatment that might otherwise go unspoken. Through the creative process of writing song lyrics and producing videos, a board-certified music therapist offers structure and support to help patients reflect on their experiences and identify what is important to them, such as their spirituality, family, and relationships with peers and health care providers. Read more here…

Music therapy has specific qualities that allow people to express themselves and interact in a non-verbal way – even in situations when they cannot find the words to describe their inner experiences,” Professor Gold was quoted as saying by the BBC. Music-making is social, pleasurable and meaningful. It has been argued that music making engages people in ways that words may simply not be able to.Read more here…

Music can provide a voice for a nonverbal child with autism, help people with dementia or Alzheimer’s remember long-lost memories. It can also provide calm and peace to those in their last moments of life. Read more here…

Music therapy has proven beneficial in several mental conditions such as autism. It can also be a soothing compassion for someone who is stressed, lonely, or depressed. Now scientists are able to predict a person’s personality simply through the music that he/she chooses. Read more here…

Music has great positive effects for brain activity. It’s not a medicine, which cures certain disease,” says Gao, who graduated from Temple University in the United States and received his MA degree in 1994. He says the main approaches use singing, instrument playing and language guidance, to encourage people to engage in spontaneous and creative musical activities. “With proper music therapy, people can relieve anxiety and control emotions.” Read more here…

Hospitals across the country are reaching out to teens to make them feel more comfortable and encouraging a better patient experience through initiatives like music therapy to help cope with cancer treatments, as well as training doctors on talking about tough topics like sexuality. Read more here…

Cancer is a difficult subject for young adults and teenagers. They are often going through feelings and experiences that their peers are not, which makes it difficult for friends to understand. Joan Haase, one of the Indiana University School of Nursing researchers said that patients deal with many issues. They need a way to express those issues and their feelings. Read more here…

Music helps patients with Parkinson’s, dementia, autism and other disorders. For patients of Parkinson’s, it helps by providing a rhythmic beat that can work as a timekeeper of sorts for the patient’s physical system. It helps the muscles to coordinate and work together to make the patient walk,” says city-based psychiatrist Amirul Hoda. He stresses on the fact that this therapy helps the mind to calm down to a great extent.  Read more here…

A new study has found that a form of music therapy, which involves writing song lyrics and producing videos, is beneficial in helping young cancer patients develop coping skills. The type of music therapy examined in this study – called Therapeutic Music Video – is designed to help patients reflect on their experiences. Read more here…