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Music Therapy for Depression

27/1/2012

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http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/08August/Pages/music-therapy-for-depression.aspx
When you are having a bad day and put on your favourite CD you usually feel better right? We know that music can lift our moods that it can get us dancing and singing and build us up or wakes us up. But what about if you suffer from Depresssion? Can music still have the power to lift your mood?

Good News: Last year BBC News reported that “music therapy can be used to improve treatment of
  depression, at least in the short term”.
Depression is commonly treated with medication and psychiatric counselling. 
  Studies have found that music therapy is a promising additional
  treatment for depression. This randomised controlled trial set out in the above article demonstrated that
  people receiving active music therapy in addition to standard care had a
  significantly greater improvement in their symptoms than those receiving
  standard care alone after three months of treatment.

If you are having a blue day today stick on your favourite song and start to sing along and have a music hug.

Alternatively if you or a loved one is suffering from depression dont let them suffer alone or in silence.  Counselling and medication can be a great help and why not try and book a trial session with a near by music therapist or  contact Harmony Music Therapy Scotland - www.harmonymusictherapyscotland.co.uk and we'll slot you in for a session.
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Music Therapy and Brain Injury

11/1/2012

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57354265/how-music-is-helping-rep-giffords-recover/
Music Therapy can be a vital part in treatment for those recovering from from brain Injury or stroke.  For those whose language centre of the brain has been  damaged and speech has become a problem, music can help a patient relearn speech patterns and language through singing and rhythm. 

although many patients may struggle to speak in sentences they often have less trouble singing them. 'The ability to speak is mainly controlled by two areas on the left side of the  brain. But when we sing or listen to music, wide swaths of both sides of the brain become active. Doctors have learned putting words to melody stimulates
  memory and helps a damaged brain recover the ability to process language. '

harmony music therapy scotland specializes in working with brain injury and stroke patients. If you would like to make a referral please email us at Kristen. [email protected]

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Music therapy with Pre-school Children

9/1/2012

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronna-kaplan-ma/music-therapy-children_b_1188226.html

This is a great Article by the American Music Therapy Associations past president Ronna Kaplan.  She explores music therapy in Early Education stating that" Music therapists sometimes use arts integration to address state academic  content standards. In a preschool class where many of the children have speech and language delays, the music therapist helps children identify matching  sounds and recognize rhymes in songs and words, part of a core pre-kindergarten language arts standard."


For those of you interested in how music therapy can benefit pre-school children or ways in which Music therapists engage young children through music this is a great read! :)


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    Kristen MT

    I'm a n MT-BC who loves to play piano, guitar, sing and dance!

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