Music therapy for people with schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like disorders

Abstract

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 if a sufficient number of music therapy sessions are provided by qualified music therapists. Further research should especially address the long-term effects of music therapy, dose-response relationships, as well as the relevance of outcomes measures in relation to music therapy.

Significant treatment effect of adjunct music therapy to standard treatment on the positive, negative, and mood symptoms of schizophrenic patients: a meta-analysis

“…In general, the results of this study are consistent with the previous meta-analysis conducted by Mössler et al (2011) [ 15 ], which report moderate to large effects in general mental state, negative symptoms, depression, and anxiety. In addition, the current meta-analysis provides additional information to the current knowledge about the benefits of adjunct music therapy for patients with schizophrenia, which provided the evidences of the significant treatment effect of adjunctive music therapy on the positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and mood symptoms.…”

Significant treatment effect of adjunct music therapy to standard treatment on the positive, negative, and mood symptoms of schizophrenic patients: a meta-analysis

“…In general, the results of this study are consistent with the previous meta-analysis conducted by Mössler et al (2011) [ 15 ], which report moderate to large effects in general mental state, negative symptoms, depression, and anxiety. In addition, the current meta-analysis provides additional information to the current knowledge about the benefits of adjunct music therapy for patients with schizophrenia, which provided the evidences of the significant treatment effect of adjunctive music therapy on the positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and mood symptoms.…”

“The Opposite of Treatment”: A qualitative study of how patients diagnosed with psychosis experience music therapy

“…Given these premises, the participants’ reports of how music therapy made them feel more vital, uplifted, joyful, hopeful, and motivated, and enabled them to become more active participants in their everyday lives, constitute an important and promising finding. Here too, we may say that the present study confirms results from outcome studies with regard to the significant effects of music therapy on negative symptoms for people with severe mental illnesses (Gold et al, 2009 , 2013 ; Mössler et al, 2011 ), although in our findings such aspects were linked to experiences of well-being (that is, to an increase of positive health) rather than to a reduction of negative symptoms. In the light of the users’ experiences, we may therefore suggest that it is more appropriate to describe recovery processes in terms of the level of positive health (i.e.…”

Group music therapy for severe mental illness: a randomized embedded‐experimental mixed methods study

“…Psychological symptoms (as measured by the BSI) decreased following GMT at close to significant level ( P = 0.061), confirming similar findings in the Cochrane reviews of music therapy amongst SMI patients .…”

Significant treatment effect of adjunct music therapy to standard treatment on the positive, negative, and mood symptoms of schizophrenic patients: a meta-analysis

“…In general, the results of this study are consistent with the previous meta-analysis conducted by Mössler et al (2011) [ 15 ], which report moderate to large effects in general mental state, negative symptoms, depression, and anxiety. In addition, the current meta-analysis provides additional information to the current knowledge about the benefits of adjunct music therapy for patients with schizophrenia, which provided the evidences of the significant treatment effect of adjunctive music therapy on the positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and mood symptoms.…”

“The Opposite of Treatment”: A qualitative study of how patients diagnosed with psychosis experience music therapy

“…Given these premises, the participants’ reports of how music therapy made them feel more vital, uplifted, joyful, hopeful, and motivated, and enabled them to become more active participants in their everyday lives, constitute an important and promising finding. Here too, we may say that the present study confirms results from outcome studies with regard to the significant effects of music therapy on negative symptoms for people with severe mental illnesses (Gold et al, 2009 , 2013 ; Mössler et al, 2011 ), although in our findings such aspects were linked to experiences of well-being (that is, to an increase of positive health) rather than to a reduction of negative symptoms. In the light of the users’ experiences, we may therefore suggest that it is more appropriate to describe recovery processes in terms of the level of positive health (i.e.…”

Group music therapy for severe mental illness: a randomized embedded‐experimental mixed methods study

“…Psychological symptoms (as measured by the BSI) decreased following GMT at close to significant level ( P = 0.061), confirming similar findings in the Cochrane reviews of music therapy amongst SMI patients .…”

Significant treatment effect of adjunct music therapy to standard treatment on the positive, negative, and mood symptoms of schizophrenic patients: a meta-analysis

“…In general, the results of this study are consistent with the previous meta-analysis conducted by Mössler et al (2011) [ 15 ], which report moderate to large effects in general mental state, negative symptoms, depression, and anxiety. In addition, the current meta-analysis provides additional information to the current knowledge about the benefits of adjunct music therapy for patients with schizophrenia, which provided the evidences of the significant treatment effect of adjunctive music therapy on the positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and mood symptoms.…”

“The Opposite of Treatment”: A qualitative study of how patients diagnosed with psychosis experience music therapy

“…Given these premises, the participants’ reports of how music therapy made them feel more vital, uplifted, joyful, hopeful, and motivated, and enabled them to become more active participants in their everyday lives, constitute an important and promising finding. Here too, we may say that the present study confirms results from outcome studies with regard to the significant effects of music therapy on negative symptoms for people with severe mental illnesses (Gold et al, 2009 , 2013 ; Mössler et al, 2011 ), although in our findings such aspects were linked to experiences of well-being (that is, to an increase of positive health) rather than to a reduction of negative symptoms. In the light of the users’ experiences, we may therefore suggest that it is more appropriate to describe recovery processes in terms of the level of positive health (i.e.…”

Group music therapy for severe mental illness: a randomized embedded‐experimental mixed methods study

“…Psychological symptoms (as measured by the BSI) decreased following GMT at close to significant level ( P = 0.061), confirming similar findings in the Cochrane reviews of music therapy amongst SMI patients .…”