#340: Metal Music Keeps You Happy and Helps Mental Health?
Heavy metal music, arguably more than any other genre, has a reputation for the effect it has on its listeners’ behaviors and mental health. Studies have suggested a link between listening to heavy metal and increased suicide risk or desensitization to violence, but these have often failed to take account of outside factors, such as poor family relationships, drug abuse and feelings of alienation. On the plus side, a recent study at Macquarie University in New South Wales found that music with violent themes does not make fans more violent.
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The Dark Side Of Music: #340: Metal Music Keeps You Happy and Helps Mental Health? on Apple Podcasts
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