Music therapy can help support people of any age who might be experiencing challenges (including mental, intellectual, physical, emotional or social) or wishing to improve their well-being.
Music therapy is often used to address a wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, behaviour, communication and movement including:
- Autism
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Anxiety
- Cancer
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Eating disorders
- Personality disorders
- Physical disabilities
- Dementia
- Stroke
- Spinal cord injury
- Neurodegenerative conditions.
Music therapy can also be used in hospitals and health care centres to help patients deal with stress, discomfort and pain. It is used to help patients who have:
- Cancer and diseases of the blood and bone marrow
- Advanced diseases that have little or no chance of cure or recovery
- Experienced a stroke or brain injury
- Mental health illnesses
- Had surgery or other medical procedures.
Where is music therapy used?
Music therapy is used in many settings such as:
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Residential aged care homes
- Palliative care facilities
- Disability care facilities
- Community health programs
- Child care centres
- Prisons and detention centres
Private practice.
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