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Music therapy: harmony for change.

¹Regional Mental Health Center, Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada.

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

|December 1, 1991

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Music therapy effectively treats psychiatric clients by strengthening ego and reducing symptoms. This approach manages stimuli to improve coping behaviors, proving most beneficial for those with organic brain damage or schizoaffective disorder.

Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Music Therapy

Background:

Music therapy is an intervention for psychiatric clients.
It can strengthen ego, increase socialization, decrease psychotic symptoms, and increase activity.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the effectiveness of music as a treatment modality for low-functioning psychiatric clients.
To understand how music influences stimuli to alter client behavior and coping mechanisms.

Main Methods:

Music was applied to manage focal, contextual, or residual stimuli.
Interventions aimed to alter stimuli, thereby changing client behavior or coping ability.

Main Results:

Music therapy demonstrated effectiveness in managing psychiatric symptoms and improving client functioning.

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The program showed particular efficacy in clients with organic brain damage, mild to moderate mental retardation, and schizoaffective disorder.

Conclusions:

Music therapy is a viable treatment for specific psychiatric populations.
Challenges exist in exclusively measuring music's impact on client improvement.