A Review Study of the Impact of Music Therapy on Adolescent Mental Health

Abstract

According to the latest national statistics, one in seven adolescents in primary and secondary schools around the world are suffering from mental disorders such as anxiety, depression and shyness. In recent years, a number of clinical data at home and abroad have reflected the obvious efficacy of music therapy in alleviating adolescent mental disorders. This has led many domestic scholars to pay attention to music therapy as a therapeutic method. From the viewpoint of educational psychology, the adolescent stage is an important period of human physiological and psychological development and 80% of the time in this period is spent in school every day. Therefore, combining social hotspots and inspiration from music psychology, this paper analyses domestic and international research data and literature, and explores the influence of different music styles in receptive music therapy, and the three most commonly used music therapies in China, namely, ethnic instruments and Orff music therapy, on adolescents' psychology from the perspective of the field of music. Instead of discussing them from a traditional medical perspective and music therapy theory, this paper presents readers with data on the impact of music materials, instrumentation, and forms of music therapy in primary and secondary schools on adolescents' psychological problems, and provides strong scientific evidence of their effectiveness. The aim is to find out what kind of music therapy is used in primary and secondary schools and what kind of music is suitable for the treatment of adolescents' psychological problems.