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Music Therapy Depression and Improving Expression of Thoughts
One of the goals of music therapy is help children and adults of autistic character develop and learn expression of thoughts. In assisting with emotional matters, by way of stimulating creativity in thinking,

learning and cognitive functioning of brain it assists awareness in energy through movement coordination. Cognitive functions are memorized and executed by them before picking up logical sequences. Another fact that helps is using ones favorite songs of, perhaps, child hood. It is noticed by researchers that we relate our favorite songs or music to incidences we can relate to. Reliving the same emotions through music compels patients to express themselves.

Music Therapy Develop Coping and Relaxation Skills

Music and depression cannot coexist. One of the strong characters of autistic persons is their inability or refusal to cope up with their environment and situations. With their minds looking inward

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in isolation, it takes some sort of loosening probably, music with aid from suitable medication. The combined effect of these two helping them to loosen the tense nerves, with recuperation of the grey matter, prepares the mind to adapt to situations by gradually developing and honing relaxation skills. As time passes by (2-3 weeks), the mind becomes stronger learning ways to cope up with things.

Does Depression Music Therapy Help Adopt Positive Forms of Behavior?

Helping autistic people develop positive behavior is the penultimate step in their rehabilitation. Scientifically helping patients overcome symptoms like withdrawal and self isolation to helping them learn ways to expressing thoughts in sign languages (in some cases only) and then to full blown expression, music therapy research has supplemented the healthcare givers' efforts. What makes them still stronger and normal is the strength to cope up and relaxation skills which they seriously lack. Interacting positively with peers and family completes the full circle of the rehabilitation.

Research Conducted On Music Therapy for Depression

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University, USA, had conducted a research on depressed teenagers. The EEG (Electro Encephelogram, one way of monitoring brain activity) was used on frontal asymmetry of depression in teenagers when it was known that it is the basic character of adults. The EEG recordings were done for the 3 minutes period when music was played on 16 out of 30 teenagers. The significant revelation was that the improvement was tremendous during the music in all the 16 of them. This goes to demonstrate that depression music therapy has a positive impact on brain activity in depressed people.

With music therapy depression can be treated easily at various stages for positive results.