“THE TUNE OF THE TROUBLED: MENTAL HEALTH, THE YOUTH, AND

MUSIC”

By

Henry Baverstock
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NARRATOR
In the youth of Britain, mental health is
more important than ever.
Within children ages 5-15, mental health
conditions have risen from affecting 10.1%
in 2004 to 11.2% in 2017. Because of this,
more and more teenagers and young adults
across the country are considering the
state of their mind to be just as
important as their physical health; with
this, they are trying many ways to ease
the stress of their lives. Few, however,
appear to be more effect than music.
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The effects of music on the brain and mood
have been proven by several studies.
According to an article by Psychology
Today’s Dr. Catherine Ulbricht, music
therapy is excellent for improving
wellness and stress relief; this makes
music as a whole very good with people
with mental disorders such as depression,
anxiety, dementia, and autism.
For further insight, we asked Amy from
CAHMS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Services) to discuss music and its effects
on mental health.
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Music can and has helped many out of dark
places in their lives; an example of
someone who used music as aid during such
a time and is a musician themselves is
Australian singer-songwriter Tash Sultana.
Sultana, then 17, almost died from a drug-
induced psychosis, but playing the guitar
freed them from that state of mind. They
said, “I went into my room one day and I

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was just strumming and I realized that I
achieved complete peace of mind while I
was doing that.”
It’s this effect music has that keeps
people, specifically the youth, going,
growing, and facing the future.