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- Perinatal mental health has a long-term impact on maternal and infant well-being. Non-pharmacological treatment options are needed for pregnant women and emerging evidence has shown the potential of music therapy to improve perinatal mental health and antenatal attachment.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08098131.2024.2396099Full article: A Specialised Antenatal Music Therapy (SAMT ...
Aug 28, 2021 · Music-based interventions, approaches and practices, such as group music-making (singing or playing musical instruments), listening to music and music therapy, have all been shown to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.
- Katie Rose M. Sanfilippo, Lauren Stewart, Vivette Glover
- 2021
Music therapy not only lays stress on emotional problems but also enhances positive attitudes toward pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. Music therapy provides a wide spectrum of evidence-based methods for emotion regulation which apply to pre- and perinatal care (Uhlig, Jaschke, & Scherder, 2013).
Oct 15, 2024 · Objective. Perinatal depression has become a global public health problem, which not only harms the health of mothers and their offspring, but also increases the socio-economic burden, so early intervention is urgent. Music intervention is a low-cost and safe intervention method.
Selected evidence is examined, showing how music-based interventions, approaches and practices can reduce labour anxiety and pain, anxiety symptoms in pregnancy, postnatal depression symptoms and support maternal-infant bonding.
Oct 1, 2024 · A review (Tang et al., 2020) that included 55 RCTs also revealed a greater role for music medicine than music therapy in alleviating depressive symptoms, although the participants were not limited to perinatal women. However, we cannot yet deny the value of music therapy.
May 6, 2023 · This systematic review suggests that listening to music reduces perinatal anxiety and improves neonatal behaviors. The findings suggest that music as a supportive intervention, when provided throughout the perinatal period, can enhance positive outcomes for pregnant women, their fetus(es), and their newborn(s).
Dec 13, 2023 · The results from various studies imply that music as a supportive intervention can improve favorable outcomes for expectant mothers, their fetuses, and their newborns when given during the perinatal period.
