Music therapy officially became a discipline at Michigan State University in the United States in 1944.

1. Music therapy officially became a discipline at Michigan State University in the United States in 1944. After more than half a century of development, music therapy has become a mature and complete marginal discipline, with hundreds of established clinical treatment methods and numerous theoretical schools.

2. Music Therapy There are nearly 80 universities in the United States that offer music therapy majors to train bachelor, master and doctoral students. There are approximately 4,000 nationally registered music therapists working in the United States in psychiatric hospitals, general hospitals, geriatric hospitals, children's hospitals, special education schools and various psychological clinics. Since the 1970s, music therapy has been introduced to Asia. Larger hospitals in Japan and Taiwan have dedicated music therapists.

The definition of music therapy

1. It is affected by various factors such as different cultures, histories, economies, politics, and medical conditions, as well as the fields and fields in which experts from various countries carry out music therapy. Treatment methods vary, resulting in inconsistent definitions. Simply put, music therapy is the use of various forms of musical activities, including listening, singing, playing, rhythm and other means to stimulate and hypnotize people, and use sounds to stimulate physical reactions, so that people can achieve health goals.

2. European music therapy expert S. Sadie believes that music therapy is the use of music to treat, alleviate or stimulate diseases. Japanese New Music Dictionary: Music therapy refers to psychotherapy and hypnosis through music. It is based on the functionalist artistic view of using music to promote physical and mental health and cultivate personality, and belongs to the category of applied music (psychology).

3. Our country defines music therapy as follows: Music therapy is a discipline that studies the effect of music on human body functions and how to use music to treat diseases. Belongs to the category of applied psychology.

4. Modern music therapy originally originated in the United States, and then developed from the United States to other countries around the world. Therefore, in the world of music therapy academia, American music therapy expertise, especially the practice of music psychotherapy, has always been at the forefront. It is worth learning from other countries. It can be seen from a large amount of literature that most scholars in our country prefer Brucia's statement.