Music has the power to sooth a heavy heart and lessen much stress. You may be a fan of music but never have known some mystery behind it. For your surprise, music is cure. I agree to a Rhumba song that goes “nyimbo ni sabuni ya roho, inapunguza mawazo.”The soothing impact in music got that healing power to relieve people from stress as they listen.
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” -Plato
A recent research at Bournemouth University and Queens University Belfast found that music therapy had a significant impact on children suffering esteem issues and depression. The study compared treatment options administered to children suffering from various mental illness and found that children who received music therapy faired better than those who received other care options.
Ciara Reilly,Chief Executive of Every Day Harmony, the music therepy charity that was part of the research had this to say about the research;”music therepy has often been used with children and young people with particular mental health needs, but this is the first time its effectiveness has been shown by a definitive randomised controlled trail in a clinical setting. The findings are dramatic and underscore the need for music therapy to be made available as a mainstream treatment option. For a long time we have relied on anecdotal evidence and small-scale research findings about how well music therapy works. Now we have robust clinical evidence to show its benefitial effects. I would like to record my gratefulness to the Big Lottery Fund for its vision in providing the resources for this research to be carried out.
“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” -Elton John
This study was carried out between March 2011 to May 2014 and the study sample proved the viability of the research. As a result, for children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems, music therapy could be the ideal treatment method.
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