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Aug 30, 2024 · Music is clinically proven to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood and self-expression, particularly after traumatic events. Studies have also demonstrated that music promotes parasympathetic autonomic systems, suppresses hyperactivation of stress responses, and boosts immune functions.
Oct 23, 2020 · Results showed that singing improved verbal fluency and alleviated psychiatric symptoms and caregiver distress compared to lyric reading. Specifically, music therapy was more effective for cognitive measures in mild cases of AD but more effective for emotional and social measures in moderate to severe cases.
- Psyche Loui
- 2020
Music therapy: an apt method of treatment in psychiatric conditions. Research on music and its effect on brain functions has produced insights into the nature of the brain, especially the phenomenon of ‘neural plasticity’. Highly trained musicians are considered an ideal population with whom to study neural plasticity.
Instructional and improvisational MT groups both reported significant increases in self-control of motor tasks along with a reduction in restlessness and impulsivity at posttest (teacher reports). However, the music therapist's measures of restlessness and impulsivity during sessions were NS.
Feb 26, 2024 · Over the preceding years, music therapy has gained tremendous attention due to new findings of music in management of various conditions like Alzheimer’s, depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc. Music is a non-invasive, patient-friendly and pleasant form of therapy with minimal or no side effects.
Dec 4, 2023 · For example, in receptive music therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, listening to familiar, preferred music appears to carry benefits for self-awareness . Similarly, in depression, preferred...
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Mar 3, 2021 · Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes deficits in executive function (EF), as well as problems in behavioural and emotional self-regulation. Neurological music therapy may aid these aspects of recovery.