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  1. Music therapy and the journey from a social to a neuroscience perspective. Using music as a therapy dates back to prehistoric times. It has been predominantly driven by the recreational and social-science model, focusing on well-being and emotional health. The World Federation of Music (1996) defines music therapy as follows:

  2. Oct 12, 2023 · This natural chemical boost can help counteract the low mood associated with depression. 3. Music and stress reduction: Calming music has been shown to lower cortisol levels, the body’s primary stress hormone. By reducing stress, music can help alleviate some of the physical and emotional symptoms of depression. 4.

  3. Dec 9, 2021 · In experimental studies in music and RCT trials where music therapy is used as an intervention to treat depression, sum scores of depression scales are used to compare scores of pre and post-intervention as a yardstick to evaluate the efficacy of music therapy and also to assess the outcome from experiments (Aalbers et al., 2017; Tang et al., 2020). The decrease in sum score after an ...

  4. May 1, 2017 · These measures, in turn, can help form systematic theoretical support for music therapy, to better guide mental health education for language-impaired students, and further promote the development ...

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  5. Aug 23, 2023 · While depression is indeed a significant focus of music therapy, it extends its benefits to a broad spectrum of clients. Doctors at the hospital have successfully implemented music therapy across various groups, including those dealing with addiction, intellectual disabilities and a range of psychiatric illnesses from subacute to chronic conditions.

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  6. It is therefore gratifying to read the article by Erkkilä et al Reference Erkkilä, Punkanen, Fachner, Ala-Ruona, Pöntiö and Tervaniemi 2 in this issue of the Journal that reports the results of a randomised controlled trial of interactive one-to-one music therapy for adults of working age with depression. In this study, conducted in Finland, trained music therapists engaged participants in ...

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  8. Music is a universal human trait. The healing power of music has been acknowledged in almost all traditions of music. Music therapy is moving from a social-science model focusing on overall health and well-being towards a neuroscience model focusing on specific elements of music and its effect on sensorimotor, language and cognitive functions.

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