What is Endorphins

Music therapy has significant positive effects on stress and stress management. Many individuals suffer from daily and chronic stress. Stress is a risk factor for several ailments and serious diseases. This includes both mental, emotional, and physical stress. Music-based interventions play a significant role in decreasing stress levels. Music is effective in decreasing a variety of different stressors on both the mental and physical levels. Music can support individuals in dealing with uncomfortable stress in a noninvasive and accessible way. This chapter will describe what stress is and why it is so common. Also, it will include the background of music therapy and numerous ways music therapy can help reduce stress. We are only beginning to learn how healing music can be to our nation's current stress epidemic.