musicotherapy

(ˌmjuːzɪkəʊˈθɛrəpɪ)

(Psychiatry) the treatment of mental disorders with music

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References in periodicals archive

As an excellent musician he played lyre using music to cure patients (musicotherapy).

Humanistic and technical education in antiquity and the middle ages

A primitive physician Shamn gave the viewpoint of Shamnism which refers to musicotherapy as a method for treating various psychophysical diseases.

Relaxation value of music and biofeedback in relation to musicality

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