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    Works Cited “American Music Therapy Association.” American Music Therapy Association | American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), www.musictherapy.org/. I used this website as an introduction to how music therapy affects people on the autism spectrum. The website provides a mass amount of accurate and trustworthy information about not only music therapy but also the general mental disorder. Communications, NYU Web. “'What Can Music Do?' Rethinking Autism Through Music Therapy.” NYU,…

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    Any other positive result? Interviewee: I would say the overall one that we always use if we are calling a new facility to try to books music therapy there, whether it is Hospice, an older adult group or at the hospital, quality of life overall is just the one thing that really comes up. There have been social studies that you can measure quality of life, but we have not done those personally. Just knowing that these older adults that have mid stage dementia, but they remember who I am, even…

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    many more individuals are being positively affected by music therapy. They are seeing significant changes in their everyday lives. Music is a very important aspect of today’s society and studies are showing that Music Therapy can significantly impact mental, physical, and emotional health. I Music has been around for generations and it continues to grow even in today’s society. Without music, most would agree life would be dry. When music is playing, its purpose is to put individuals in the…

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    Music Therapy My paper will show how music therapy has helped society in America. Music therapy is used to help cancer patients, people who have fallen into depression, and people dealing with stress. There are many types of music that is used in music therapy and I will explain all that later on. What is music therapy? Music therapy is an evidence-based use of music interventions to help people with illnesses. Music therapy promotes wellness, manage stress, enhance memory, and alleviate…

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    Music therapy is the process of treating diseases via listening to music. Medical research shows that the health of the body and mind are interconnected and our mind, as well as body, responds positively to music. A proper music therapy eases the mind and body and provides several health benefits. Hypertension, depression ADD, epilepsy, neurological diseases, chronic body pain and even cancer can be treated with proper music therapy. Music therapy helps in quicker recovery along with a…

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    “Music has power – especially for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.” (AFA Website 2016). Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative condition (that deteriorates significantly over time) of a patient’s memory and daily bodily functions. Since humans are living longer and our older population is increasingly getting larger there are more and more people suffering from Alzheimer’s than ever before. There are currently over 5.4 million Americans suffering…

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    almost 70 years since today’s concept of music therapy appeared in the United States and the United Kingdom. The number of music therapists and schools for music therapy in the world has been gradually increasing. As for Japan, it has been 50 years since music therapy was introduced by Juliette Alvin in 1967 and 1969, who founded the first organisation for music therapy in the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, it is still hard to say that the practice of music therapy in Japan has widely spread.…

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    Frias 7 Inez Frias Castro Spring 2017 Dr. Miles M. Ishigaki Music 9 Music Therapy in Mental Health The article Music therapy’s effects on levels of depression, anxiety, and social isolation in Mexican farmworkers living in the United States: A randomized controlled trial is about a study made using music therapy and Mexican farmworkers. The purpose of the study was to see whether music therapy could positively affect levels of anxiety, depression, and isolation in Mexican farmworkers. Despite…

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    choose. A music therapist is someone who works with patients by encouraging them to play and listen to music, and this helps them with rehabilitation. The career’s education requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in music therapy and a certification by passing an exam. Classes required for people that don’t have background in music therapy must first take Introduction to Music Therapy, Therapy and Observation Skills for Music Therapy, Music Therapy Practicum I, Methods and Materials in Music…

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    Human and music are a like a friendship that cannot be separate from one to another and has been driven to our daily life. A quote from philosopher called Plato said that music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, fight to the imagination, and life to everything. From this quote show that music gives us a life and there is an alternative medicine that uses music as a treatment called as music therapy and the therapist called as a music therapist. Music therapy gives a treatment that…

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