Stress and depression are two of the main diseases of modern times, and actually those are some of the causes of many severe physical diseases, such as cancer and ulcers.
Scientists discovered that by treating patients with music, especially classical music, the amount ofCortisol, the stress-related hormone produced by the human body as a consequence of the stress, is reduced. It means that people:
That kind of therapy helps to handle stress and depression because:
"Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul -gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites and other qualities. If one listens to the wrong kind of music he will become the wrong kind of person; but, conversely, if he listens to the right kind of music he will tend to become the right kind of person."