How Music Therapy Can Help Kids That are Depressed

Based on the following article:

https://www.yahoo.com/health/when-kids-are-depressed-music-can-help-100783152492.html

1. A new study discovered that music therapy could: reduce depression and
raise self- esteem in young kids.
2. What skills did music therapy improve? Music therapy improves
communicative skills.
3. The American Music Therapy Association defines music therapy as what? It
is the clinical use of music to accomplish specific goals in a therapy setting.
It can also include creating, singing, moveing to and/ or listening to music.
4. What symptom can music therapy improve in children? It reduces asthma
symptoms in children and improves sleep patterns and weight in premature
infants.
5. How can music therapy help older patients? It lessons the effects of
dementia in older patients.
6. Describe the study that researchers conducted with the help of Northern
Irelands Music Therapy Trust. It divided 251 children and adolescents into
two groups, one of which underwent standard care while the others was
assigned 12 half- hour weekly sessions of music therapy. Kids used music
therapy to explore their thoughts, feelings in non-judgemental forms.
7. Define anecdotal evidence. What do you think this means in relation to the
statement by Ciara Reilly? It is a small scale research finding about how
well music therapy works. Its evidence based on her evidence.
8. How many people are affected by depression? 17 million Americans are
effected by depression - 1 in every 33 children.
9. What characteristics do shame and depression have in common? It often
mimics depression in how kids respond to it, through avoidance, withdrawal, harming
themselves or attacking others.
Read this brief document and write a paragraph reaction to it.
http://www.musictherapy.org/assets/1/7/MT_Mental_Health_2006.pdf

Reaction. I think that music therapy is good thing for people who have trouble using their words. I like
that its a different approach to kids with mental disorder. It makes kids understand their problems and
it helps them to learn different words and understand the meaning of the song. Music therapy could
help my brother because it would help him deal with his disorders. Graduates of college or universities
More than 70 approved music therapy programs are eligible to take a national examination
administered by the certification board for music Therapists. It is interesting to me because I feel like
more schools should have this program that are in need for help. I also think that high schools should
have it because a lot of kids would need it to help them with there feelings. Music therapy offer services
in psychiatric treatment center, outpatient clinics, community mental health centers, abuse programs,
group homes. I think that this is very interesting because its good that a lot of places has this program
but I think more high School students need this program more then colleges because most kids in high
school are afraid to show their feeling because they dont want kids to judge them or anyone to judge
them witch they wont.