Digital music therapeutic system with automated dosage

A computer-implemented method for automatically generating restorative music to mitigate symptoms experienced by a listener, comprising:

• at a hardware processor, for each of a plurality of audio programs, automatically assigning metadata indicating severity of at least one anxiety-related symptom the audio program is able to mitigate;
• storing the metadata at an electronic storage device;
• at an output device, outputting a survey comprising a plurality of prompts for identifying at least one anxiety-related symptom being experienced by the listener, and for assessing severity of each identified symptom;
• at a user input device, receiving input in response to the prompts of the survey;
• at the hardware processor, based on the received input, automatically identifying at least one anxiety-related symptom being experienced by the listener, and automatically assessing severity of each identified symptom;
• at the hardware processor, automatically selecting at least one of the audio programs, based on a match between severity of at least one anxiety-related symptom identified in the received input and severity of at least one anxiety-related symptom indicated in the stored metadata for the at least one audio program;
• at the hardware processor, automatically determining, based on severity of at least one identified symptom, a listening dosage comprising a duration specifying how long to output each selected audio program, and a frequency specifying how many times to output each selected audio program within a period of time;
• at the hardware processor, automatically configuring each selected audio program to include, within the audio program, a degree of periodic repetition of at least one musical attribute selected from the group consisting of a musical phrase, a chord progression, and a melody, to address the at least one anxiety-related symptom identified in the received input;
• and
• at an audio output device, automatically outputting, for the determined duration and according to the specified frequency, the selected at least one of the audio programs to mitigate severity of at least one identified anxiety-related symptom;
• wherein automatically outputting at least one of the audio programs comprises:
• automatically commencing output of the audio program based on the frequency specified by the listening dosage;
• automatically initiating a duration timer based on the duration specified by the listening dosage;
• and
• upon expiration of the duration timer, automatically stopping output of the audio program, so as to limit the listener's exposure to the audio program to the duration specified by the listening dosage.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for automatically generating restorative music to mitigate symptoms experienced by a listener, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when performed by a hardware processor, perform the steps of:

• for each of a plurality of audio programs, automatically assigning metadata indicating severity of at least one anxiety-related symptom the audio program is able to mitigate;
• causing an electronic storage device to store the metadata;
• causing an output device to output a survey comprising a plurality of prompts for identifying at least one anxiety-related symptom being experienced by the listener, and for assessing severity of each identified symptom;
• causing a user input device to receive input in response to the prompts of the survey;
• based on the received input, automatically identifying at least one anxiety-related symptom being experienced by the listener, and automatically assessing severity of each identified symptom;
• automatically selecting at least one of the audio programs, based on a match between severity of at least one anxiety-related symptom identified in the received input and severity of at least one anxiety-related symptom indicated in the stored metadata for the at least one audio program;
• automatically determining, based on severity of at least one identified symptom, a listening dosage comprising a duration specifying how long to output each selected audio program, and a frequency specifying how many times to output each selected audio program within a period of time;
• and
• automatically configuring each selected audio program to include, within the audio program, a degree of periodic repetition of at least one musical attribute selected from the group consisting of a musical phrase, a chord progression, and a melody, to address the at least one anxiety-related symptom identified in the received input;
• and
• causing an audio output device to automatically output, for the determined duration and according to the specified frequency, the selected at least one of the audio programs to mitigate severity of at least one identified anxiety-related symptom;
• wherein automatically outputting at least one of the audio programs comprises:
• automatically commencing output of the audio program based on the frequency specified by the listening dosage;
• automatically initiating a duration timer based on the duration specified by the listening dosage;
• and
• upon expiration of the duration timer, automatically stopping output of the audio program, so as to limit the listener's exposure to the audio program to the duration specified by the listening dosage.