Music as a Treatment for Pregnancy Anxiety Various levels of prenatal anxiety are experienced by some pregnant women. Experts have investigated alternative methods of reducing anxiety because pharmaceutical interventions may be met with hesitation on the part of the physician and the expecting mother. In-depth research has already been done on the benefits of music during labor, but a review of several studies with pregnant women found that listening to music at any stage of pregnancy may have therapeutic effects and reduce anxiety.

OCD and music therapy The obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can significantly affect a person’s quality of life. Various therapeutic interventions are among the efforts to lessen the effects of this disease. At least in one group of study participants, music therapy has shown promise in reducing obsessive behaviors. Music also had a significant positive effect on OCD sufferers’ anxiety and depressive symptoms, according to the same study.

Benefits for the Brain from Listening to and Playing Music Many adults anticipate that they will develop cognitive issues as they get older, but few are prepared to deal with the physical and emotional challenges that come with serious diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Music has been shown to improve cognitive performance in Alzheimer’s patients, according to research. Older people with Parkinson’s disease may also benefit motor and cognitively from various forms of music therapy. Playing music may also have even more of an impact on cognitive health.