Music Therapy as an Alternative Treatment for Depression An estimated 121 million people worldwide are believed to suffer from depression. A disturbance in appetite‚ sleep patterns‚ and overall functioning preoccupies many individuals every single day. This life-altering mood disorder often leads to a low sense of self-esteem and feelings of worthlessness and guilt. Doctors and psychiatrists have been developing a variety of treatments for years. In a world that is so dependent
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Therapy‚ when used to treat depression‚ often comes in the form of psychotherapy- talk therapy (DBSA‚ n.d.). Talk therapy involves both talking about problems‚ and working towards solutions to those problems (DBSA‚ n.d.). It can help a person with depression understand their illness‚ overcome their insecurities or fears‚ cope with stress‚ improve relationships‚ and end destructive habits (DBSA‚ n.d.). It can also help teach them new ways to think about situations to overcome inbred responses. A therapist
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They also tend to result in higher levels of functional disability than positive symptoms (Perivoliotis & Cather‚ 2009). Subsequently‚ cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis is thought to be effective in the treatment of negative psychotic symptoms by addressing issues such as helping patients to improve relationships and increase social networks (Morrison‚ 2009)‚ as well as assisting clients in setting
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Music Therapy. Music Therapy is the prescribed use of music and music related techniques to assist and motivate a person towards specific‚ nonmusical goals. Music therapists use their training to effect changes in the cognitive‚ physical‚ communication‚ social‚ and emotional skills. This type of therapy utilizes music and music related activities to modify ineffective learning patterns‚ help to promote emotional‚ mental‚ social and physical growth and to develop non-musical goals. Music Therapy works
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According to Dr. Tonya N. Davis‚ “chelation [therapy] involves giving an individual various chemical substances for the purpose of binding to and then withdrawing specific metals from the person’s body” (18). Chelation therapy was originally created to treat people with heavy metal poisoning: “FDA-approved chelating agents are approved for specific uses‚ such as the treatment of lead
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Music Therapy on Alzheimer and Cancer Patients: Benefits and Effects Music therapy has been widely recognized as a great way to help individuals cope with their situations. Whether they are in the hospital‚ hospice‚ or nursing home‚ music therapists have been helping patients get through critical conditions. Music therapy is a clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed
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The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy A Summary of Evidence-Based Research By Dr Kenny CW Ng‚ MBBS BMedSci DipRM CertIVFitness‚ Member Australian Association of Massage Therapy. In collaboration with Professor Marc Cohen‚ School of Health Sciences‚ RMIT University. The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy 1 Contents Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................... 3 CEO message..............
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tibial medial malleolus fracture requiring open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) in October 2014. The member’s treating provider‚ Jeffrey Fairley‚ DPT‚ recommended continued physical therapy services for the member from 02/27/2015 – 10/23/2015. The carrier has denied continued coverage of physical therapy services from 02/27/2015 – 10/23/2015 as not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 01/14/2016 which states in part: “The Committee upheld the denial
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through two main ways: Medication therapy and Psychological therapies. The ratio is 2:1 preference psychological therapy and medication therapy‚ when people seeking treatment for common psychological health problems. It can be seen that people are more willing to choose psychological therapies to treat their problems. The psychological therapies including: psychodynamic therapy‚ behavior therapy‚ humanistic therapy‚ cognitive therapy‚ systemic and family therapies. (Kate Cavanagh(lecture)‚ 2012)
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part of society. There are so many different styles of music and each style speaks to someone a little differently than it does the next person. The use of music as therapy also known as‚ Music Therapy has also started to be a more important part of society as well. Music therapy is a form of emotional‚ psychological‚ and physical treatment using music. “Music therapy is identified by federal law as a service related to special education‚ but no state requires it for educational programs. As a result
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