Recently I read an article written by Honor Whiteman on the magazine Medical News Today. It was about the benefits and effects of music to our health. American musician Billy Joel says that. music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music. Most of us would wholeheartedly agree with this statement, and it is this universal bond with music that has led researchers across the globe to investigate its therapeutic potential. “, ” said Barbara Else senior advisor of policy and research at the American Music Therapy Association told Medical News Today believes that we have a such a deep connection to music because it is ‘hardwired’ in our brains and bodies. We can all think of at least one song that, when we hear it, triggers an emotional response. It might be a song that accompanied the first dance at your wedding, for example, or a song that reminds you of a difficult break-up or the loss of a loved one.
It is written that the elements of music – rhythm, melody, etc. – are echoed in our physiology, functioning and being. Given the deep connection we have with music, it is perhaps unsurprising that numerous studies have shown it can benefit our mental health. A 2011 study by researchers from McGill University in Canada found that listening to music increases the amount of dopamine produced in the brain – a mood-enhancing chemical, making it a feasible treatment for depression. It is stated that, earlier this year, MNT reported on a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry that suggested listening to hip-hop music – particularly that from Kendrick Lamar – may help individuals to understand mental health disorders. But increasingly, researchers are finding that the health benefits of music may go beyond mental health, and as a result, some health experts are calling for music therapy to be more widely incorporated into health care settings.
Overall, in the article it is restated that music can be used to improve – or even replace – current treatment strategies.
Recently I read an article written by Honor
Whiteman
on the magazine Medical News
Today
. It was about the benefits and effects of
music
to our
health
. American musician Billy Joel says that.
music
in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone
loves
music
. Most of us would
wholeheartedly
agree
with this statement, and it is this universal bond with
music
that has led researchers across the globe to investigate its therapeutic potential. “,
”
said Barbara Else senior advisor of policy and research at the American
Music
Therapy Association
told
Medical News
Today
believes that we have a such a deep connection to
music
because
it is ‘hardwired’ in our brains and bodies. We can all
think
of at least one song that, when we hear it, triggers an emotional response. It might be a song that accompanied the
first
dance at your wedding,
for example
, or a song that reminds you of a difficult break-up or the loss of a
loved
one.
It
is written
that the elements of
music
–
rhythm, melody, etc.
–
are echoed
in our physiology, functioning and being.
Given
the deep connection we have with
music
, it is perhaps unsurprising that numerous studies have shown it can benefit our mental
health
. A 2011 study by researchers from McGill University in Canada found that listening to
music
increases the amount of dopamine produced in the brain
–
a mood-enhancing chemical, making it a feasible treatment for depression. It
is stated
that, earlier this year, MNT reported on a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry that suggested listening to hip-hop
music
–
particularly
that from Kendrick Lamar
–
may
help
individuals to understand mental
health
disorders.
But
increasingly
, researchers are finding that the
health
benefits of
music
may go beyond mental
health
, and
as a result
,
some
health
experts are calling for
music
therapy to be more
widely
incorporated into
health
care settings.
Overall
, in the article it
is restated
that
music
can be
used
to
improve
–
or even replace
–
current
treatment strategies.