This resource contains a brief article explaining how music is being used with patients with severe depression. Music allows for the psychologist and the patient to feel more comfortable. Music may reduce blood pressure, moderate brainwave activity, and reduce anxiety. This article lists reasons why music helps, even when other methods do not. It also gives examples of some of the ways music helps in healing.
Music exists in all cultures and music allows for entertainment.
Music triggers memory and music allows for emotional expression. Two former heads of the music therapy department at the University of Kansas give their views on the principles of music therapy. It creates a social atmosphere and a feeling of acceptance. Music is an energizer and gives a person a sense of accomplishment. William Sears explains that music demands continuous behavior because the music can not take a break.