Healing through Music - Music medicine to counter pain, anxiety and stress
Staff - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
Date: 24 October 2022 / 18:00 - 19:00
Multipurpose Hall of the East Campus in Lugano
Psychological stress and anxiety are, after pain, the most frequent cause of suffering in hospital patients. Music definitely has an analgesic, anti-anxiety and stress- relieving effect, as shown by various systematic reviews that look at dozens of random studies carried out on adults and children. Studies show that music has a real and significant analgesic effect on pain, although of moderate entity. A key review by Chanda and Levitin details a number of studies showing that music reduces the levels of cortisol, a hormone responsible for the harmful effects of stress. In the face of much scientific evidence, it appears that music could be an important therapeutic resource to complement traditional treatment.
Speaker:
- Enzo Grossi, surgeon, lecturer and researcher
Testimonial:
- Alfredo Raglio, music therapist and researcher at the Maugeri IRCCS Clinical and Scientific Institutes, Pavia (I)
Discussant:
- Claudia Gamondi, USI lecturer and head of the EOC Palliative Care and Support Clinic
Music programme
A for cello, piano and live electronics - Leonardo Nevari (1992*)
Performed by: Elide Sulsenti (cello), Leonardo Nevari (piano) and Danilo Gervasoni (live electronics)
