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 ...

Recreational therapy is much like occupational therapy. Recreational therapists use activity-based methods to help you overcome your injury, illness, or disability.

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 ...

Music therapy activities may include repetitive rhythm games of creating a song with a message. Encouraging patients to respond to the music by singing, with movements or actions can help to speed ...

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

First officially introduced to UNC Health in 2018, music therapy is the use of music to achieve clinical therapeutic goals, promote mental health outcomes and provide end-of-life care.

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