The Possibility of Using Music Therapy to Treat Depression and Anxiety Among University Students

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.015How to use a DOI?

Keywords

music therapy; university students; psychology; stress; depression

Abstract

University students suffer from depression and anxiety the same as adults. Even though there are lots of methods to treat depression and anxiety, university students experience both stress academically and socially. They are not only in some way not mature enough but still reckon themselves as problem solvers which easily causes mental problems but also are busy with study that they have no time to visit or unwilling to see a therapist. Music therapy as a simple treatment which helps the students to solve these inconveniences during daily life. This research literally describes the possibility of using music therapy to reduce anxiety and depression of university students. This article use the method of comparing and contrasting with different articles and collecting data and information from them. It turns out that music therapy does cope with stress of students academically by relieving their heart rate physically and mentally.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruiyan Tang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - The Possibility of Using Music Therapy to Treat Depression and Anxiety Among University Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 83
EP  - 87
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.015
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.015
ID  - Tang2021
ER  -