Music therapy in insomnia

Abstract

Insomnia, as a problem plaguing most people in modern society affecting 30% population in the worldwide, is the phenomenon of not being able to sleep mainly due to emotional problems; most of the emotional problems leading to insomnia are negative emotions, such as anxiety and depression. Music therapy is now greatly emphasized in psychiatric treatment and is gradually entering the clinical stage of depression and anxiety treatment. Here, this review first introduces the classification of emotions and EEG, which was used to record the brain waves and analyze and visualize the effects of different types of music on neuronal activity, and help to select the the most effective types of music to treat insomnia, then focuses on the application of music therapy in the treatment of insomnia through a case, such as music affecting the neuronal activity of the brain and mood adjustment to induce sleep and even deep sleep. The purpose of this review is to to make staffs in related fields pay attention to the role of music in the treatment of insomnia, and to provide ideas and directions for future research in this field.