Music is a very important aspect to our everyday life. Some might find it difficult to go throughout the day without listening to some kind of music. There are different reasons as to why people listen to music, some may be for entertainment, emotional connection, and or physical activity. Music has different effects on everybody which provides the support for music therapy. Music Therapy is the use of music to promote, maintain, and restore mental, emotional, and spiritual health. The idea of music therapy has a huge impact on people with a mental illness like Alzheimers, schizophrenia and autism. It’s amazing the simplest things can have the most power. Music therapy in the United States dates back to World War II when musicians would play
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Schizophrenia is a long term mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. This disease can be very hard on people, especially the care takers for the patients. Their behavior can become out of control in a blink of an eye. A small study, published in the November 2006 (Vol 189) issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that adding music therapy to standard treatment for acutely ill inpatients with schizophrenia provided additional benefit over standard therapy alone. Music is an activity that is hard to live without, it can bring out emotions buried deep inside of us. Schizophrenia patients have a hard time expressing their feelings and music therapy gives them a way of doing so. It allows these patients to improve their mental state, and global state, when there is enough sessions provided and is done by a qualified music therapist there is a boost in social function as well. Although there is not enough studies done on the long term effects of music therapy for schizophrenia patients, there is an effect in the present which helps create a better and more stable lifestyle for these …show more content…
Autism is a developmental disability that affects a person ability to communicate and interact with others. Music Therapy has positive effects with it being a processing strength for these patients. The most distance evidence supporting the clinical benefits of music therapy is when it comes to social and emotional responsiveness and communication. A 2009 study by Kim, Wigram, & Gold found that children with autism showed more emotional expression and social engagement during music therapy sessions than in play sessions without music. These children also responded to the therapist’s requests more frequently during music therapy than in play sessions without music. For children with autism they have a lot more anxiety and pressure than normal children their age, music is an enjoyable escape that helps them live in the moment away from their disease. Music therapy is an effective way to communicate and reach children with
Schizophrenia is a long term mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. This disease can be very hard on people, especially the care takers for the patients. Their behavior can become out of control in a blink of an eye. A small study, published in the November 2006 (Vol 189) issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that adding music therapy to standard treatment for acutely ill inpatients with schizophrenia provided additional benefit over standard therapy alone. Music is an activity that is hard to live without, it can bring out emotions buried deep inside of us. Schizophrenia patients have a hard time expressing their feelings and music therapy gives them a way of doing so. It allows these patients to improve their mental state, and global state, when there is enough sessions provided and is done by a qualified music therapist there is a boost in social function as well. Although there is not enough studies done on the long term effects of music therapy for schizophrenia patients, there is an effect in the present which helps create a better and more stable lifestyle for these …show more content…
Autism is a developmental disability that affects a person ability to communicate and interact with others. Music Therapy has positive effects with it being a processing strength for these patients. The most distance evidence supporting the clinical benefits of music therapy is when it comes to social and emotional responsiveness and communication. A 2009 study by Kim, Wigram, & Gold found that children with autism showed more emotional expression and social engagement during music therapy sessions than in play sessions without music. These children also responded to the therapist’s requests more frequently during music therapy than in play sessions without music. For children with autism they have a lot more anxiety and pressure than normal children their age, music is an enjoyable escape that helps them live in the moment away from their disease. Music therapy is an effective way to communicate and reach children with