According to the American Music Therapy Association, music is curative and restorative for a wide variety of conditions, even as aid to help with physical rehabilitation and assisting those with disabilities. Music therapy can ease the pains of chemotherapy, lower anxiety or lift a depressed person's spirit, and as you may already know, help insomniacs get to sleep. As cited by the American Cancer Society, music is unable to cure cancer or chronic disease, but it can relieve aches and symptoms while augmenting a patient's joy and general wellbeing.
Autism Research Institute published a fascinating position paper demonstrating the clinical use of music in assisting autistic children with speech therapy. Key questions and answers were set to music and over time, the music would no longer be required for the child to respond with the appropriate response to each question. Perhaps autism's links to latent math ability in children and the rhythmic, mathematical nature of sound combine to play a helpful role in this therapy.
With music therapy recognized today as a medical tool, colleges in most states and Canada are offering bachelor's degrees in the field as a result, and some are even pursuing careers in music thanatology to help hospice and terminal patients and their loved ones. One series of studies led to the name Mozart effect for the positive outcomes the famed composer's works had on stimulating activity in areas of the human brain.
In practical terms, you can apply some of music therapy's techniques for yourself. Savor music, discuss the meanings of lyrics with loved ones and write your own music or lyrics to tunes you love.
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