This page is dedicated to defining and discussing music therapy as an alternative treatment for various psychiatric disorders as well as a relaxation technique. Music therapy has been scoffed at by many professionals as a placebo treatment and many claimed that psychopharmacological treatments and other medication were the best treatments for future therapeutic interventions of psychiatric disorders and stress related symptoms. However, increasingly, more professionals are having to admit that music therapy has been misjudged, yields impressive results without requiring patients to take foreign substances and is, indeed, a legitimate therapy. Music therapy has been practiced as long as humanity has existed and elements of it are found in everyday life. Music therapy is something that I feel passionate about and view as a wonderful alternative to other invasive types of treatment. My feelings on the importance of this subject can be summed up by these two quotes:
For more information regarding the practice of music therapy, its benefits, research supporting the use of it or its history, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section and browse the links listed below.
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