Journal of Biomusical Engineering
Open Access

Editorial

It is Time for the CBT Songs: Music as a Medium to Deliver Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Farooq Naeem^1,2*, Chris Trimmer^1,2and Richard Tyo²

¹Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada

²Addiction and Mental Health Services-Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Kingston, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

Farooq Naeem
Queens University, Kingston
ON, Canada
Tel: 613-533-2000
E-mail: farooqnaeem@yahoo.com

Recieved date: Feb 4, 2016; Accepted date: Feb 5, 2016; Published date: Feb 8, 2016

Citation: Naeem F, Chris Trimmer, Richard Tyo (2016) It is Time for the CBT Songs: Music as a Medium to Deliver Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. J Biomusic Eng 4:e110. doi: 10.4172/2090-2719.1000e110

Copyright: © 2016 Naeem F, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

The results of a national poll of listeners to a popular British music station in 2004 suggested that, the best way to ameliorate one's depressive symptoms musically is to listen to ‘I Know It's Over’ by Smiths. This is hardly surprising. We are all aware of the healing power of music. Music therapy groups are popular among staff and the users of psychiatric services, and are often funded by the public health services. In their Cochrane review to find out whether therapeutic use of music is effective in reducing the symptoms of depression, Maratos, et al. found only five studies that met their inclusion criteria. Due to the marked variations in interventions, the populations studied, and the outcome measures, it was not possible to conduct the metaanalysis. However, it was reported that four of these studies reported some improvement in depression among those who received music therapy.

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