Music Therapy: A Battery Charger For Human Brain

Music Therapy is growing as a profession globally, both in quantity and stature as a recognized treatment. In Italy, many physicians incorporate music into their medical practices. The United States of America, Russia, South Africa, Argentina, Norway, United Kingdom and Spain have well developed Music Therapy centres and active associations of music therapists. In India, classical music comprising of ragas has been employed for healing the Body- Mind -Soul complex. The purpose of any therapy is to improve the physical and mental well being of a person. Music Therapy is an innovative, artistic, scientific and evidence based method of restoring, maintaining and improving the emotional, physiological and psychological well-being of human beings of all ages and abilities through the power of music. Music knows no boundaries. It pervades everywhere irrespective of caste, creed, culture, national barriers or blood-brain barrier. Music can be found in every nook and corner of the world. It forms an integral part of our lives. Music represents an intriguing stimulus widely used in films to increase the emotional experience. The emotion processing brain structures are amygdala, hippocampus, parahippocampus, insula, striatum, medial ventral frontal cortex, cerebellum and fusiform gyrus. Music constitutes an ideal means to create a sense of suspense in movies. The efficacy of Music Therapy has been proven in patients suffering from a wide range of disabilities such as dementia, acute brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, insomnia, chronic pain, and multiple sclerosis. Since Music Therapy is a non-invasive, enjoyable and cost-effective therapy, unique outcomes are possible.