Multiple data, including one recent comprehensive collaborative international study conducted by University Clinic Regensburg, illustrated music’s ability to help aid in the treatment of depression among all age groups and genders.

Data from Brandeis University indicates that listening to music prior to experiencing stress positively affected the autonomic nervous system (in terms of a faster recovery), and to a lesser degree the endocrine and psychological stress response.

Over the course of three years, Recovery Unplugged partnered with Nova Southeastern University to measure a variety of treatment metrics chief among which were long-term (one year of more) rates of continuous sobriety; rates of AMA (against medical advice) exit rates; and client satisfaction. Download the study here.

Research from Norway’s University of Bergen indicates that music therapy as an addition to standard care helps people with schizophrenia to improve their global state, mental state (including negative symptoms) and social functioning.

Very often, substance use disorder is linked to an underlying mental health issue like the kind listed above. By helping clients actively and passively integrate music in rehab, Recovery Unplugged fosters trust, positive thinking and emotional release that better enables them to embrace the treatment process. The primary distinction between our musical medicine approach and traditional music therapy is that we use music as a means of helping clients open to evidence-based behavioral rehab models