music therapy
A Prescription for Music Lessons

This studies review from Dr. Debra Shipman has been published by Federal Practitioner. It concludes: “A healthful lifestyle includes holistically addressing issues pertaining to mental and physical well-being. Learning how to play a musical instrument is a workout for the brain, just…
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“Music often works when words don’t – and we should shout about how crucial it can be to wellbeing”
How tech could help create ‘music prescriptions’
Melodies for Mums with Postnatal Depression

The providers of this service (Breathe Arts Health Research) say: “ Melodies for Mums is a ground-breaking singing service for mothers with postnatal depression. Experience the joy of group singing and music-making to help improve health and emotional wellbeing. Join one of our FREE…
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Music Aids Mental Health: Science Shows Why
Let’s rework our approach with ‘angry young people’

Prof. Katrina Skewes McFerran writes: “It’s an incredible feeling to connect in a meaningful way with angry young people who feel excluded, rejected and unhappy. My profession, music therapy, uses music to forge those connections, whether by drumming together as…
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The role of group singing … to promote mental health recovery

From the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy and their abstract of research concerning “Musical recovery: the role of group singing in regaining healthy relationships with music to promote mental health recovery”: “Music therapy has previously been identified as a way to foster processes of mental…
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British Association for Music Therapy

The British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT) say that: “Music plays an important role in our everyday lives. It can be exciting or calming, joyful or poignant, can stir memories and powerfully resonate with our feelings, helping us to express them and to communicate with…
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