Mental Health | Wellbeing Category

My Mental Health: 17 popstars talk about their struggles with mental illness

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to the charity Mind, one in four people in the UK will experience some kind of mental health problem each year. Although commonplace, mental illnesses like eating disorders, depression and anxiety still have a lot of uninformed associations. Indeed, a shocking 90% of people with mental health…

Music & Wellbeing | Wellbeing Category

Music therapy in the treatment and management of mental disorders

An increasing number of research studies support the benefits of providing music therapy in addition to standard treatment for people who have mental disorders. The objective of this paper was to review and summarise recent research findings in relation to this work. Method: A review of music […] Click here to view original web page…

Wellbeing Category

Lost in music: Why listening to favourite songs can have long term medical benefits

The advent of digital music and algorithmic advances are allowing greater deconstruction of the digital DNA of sound and its influence. What does this mean to the treatment of mental health conditions such as dementia asks Gary Jones. We have all self-medicated with music at some point in our lives. Whether it’s listening to a…