Who Needs Sedatives When We Got Music?

07-Aug-19 22:00

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We have used music to meddle with our emotions and suit our needs, so it comes as no surprise that it's finally being treated as a form of therapy and a replacement for sedatives. Even now, it's still in the works, re-defining the landscape of medicinal and psychological therapy. Today, instead of wondering how it works, we try to discover why it works.

0:38 - Garden City Movement - Miss You (Under Shimokita Sky)

4:27 - Music Therapy — Could It Replace Sedatives?

6:19 - Marconi Union - Weightless

7:30 - Bigger Picture Interview with Dr. Indra Selvarajah on Music Therapy

Produced by: Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting, Haniff Baharudin, Arif Abd Aziz

Presented by: Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting

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Categories: Film, Music

Tags: the pulse, music news, music therapy, sedatives, medicine,

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