Music Therapy: Interesting Facts

19.12.2023 20:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:21

This is a psychotherapeutic method based on the healing effects of music on a person’s psychological state, where music is used as a therapeutic agent.

Music therapy refers to complex means of emotional and psychosensory influence.

What diseases are treated with music

Music treatment has proven effective even in cases of autism, Alzheimer's disease, speech disorders, stroke and other ailments.

Some doctors use music to treat multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism and other diseases.

Classical music has the best therapeutic effect.

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A wealth of research shows that music therapy is an effective and low-risk way of addressing many conditions and concerns, including serious mental health disorders like schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, depression, and sleep challenges.

How does music therapy work

It represents waves of certain frequencies, which in combination create melodies that have a positive effect on living organisms.

It is built into the physical system of the surrounding world, working according to the laws of physics and mathematics and ordering molecules and atoms.

What happens to the brain when listening to music

During complex studies, scientists scanned the brains of people who experienced bliss and pleasure from listening to music.

At the same time, it was revealed that music activates the same pleasure centers that are involved in experiencing emotional and spiritual uplift, joyful enthusiasm, and love.

We previously wrote about how hormonal levels affect mental health.

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  1. What diseases are treated with music
  2. How does music therapy work
  3. What happens to the brain when listening to music