Music therapy can be beneficial for a number of people and different physical and mental health challenges. Here are the types, how it can help and more.

Music has long been more than entertainment. For thousands of years, it’s played a powerful role in healing. Ancient shamans used rhythm and sound to fight illness. Today, nurse practitioners bring ...

Stimulating activities, such as memory games, gentle physical exercises, and music therapy, can help a person with Alzheimer’s maintain cognitive function and potentially delay the progression ...

Soothing music can help ease the anxiety and frustration felt by many people with Alzheimer’s disease. For example, lullabies at bedtime can help your loved one get into bed and fall asleep.

Formal music therapy encompasses a range of activities, from listening to soothing background music to doing attention-demanding exercises, Pascual-Leone says. And it works because music connects ...

Art and music therapy enhance the mental and emotional well-being of the elderly by alleviating isolation, reducing anxiety, ...

Music therapy plus standard analgesia vs standard care alone reduced pain and anxiety in patients with nontrauma-related pain in the emergency department.

Hilltop Child and Family Development Center and Midwest Music Therapy Services, introduce music therapy to children from low-income families in North city, where residents are 80% African American ...

There’s an increasing amount of anecdotal evidence that music therapy can significantly help many people with Alzheimer’s, with research beginning to confirm these observations and analyzing ...

The music therapy program at Gateway Academy in Phoenix helps students develop skills and build confidence. "These people get me," one student says.