Music therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses

Abstract

Music therapy as an addition to standard care helps people with schizophrenia to improve their global state and may also improve mental state and functioning if a sufficient number of music therapy sessions are provided. Further research should address the dose-effect relationship and the long-term effects of music therapy.

Effect of Music Intervention on the Behaviour Disorders of Children with Intellectual Disability using Strategies from Applied Behaviour Analysis

“…Present research concluded that music has significant effect on behaviour disorders of intellectually disabled children, which is inconsistent with that of Grimm and Pefley (1990) who concluded that music helps children with learning difficulties, mental illness and intellectual disability. Gold et al, (2005) in a meta-analysis of four studies with merely moderate methodological quality, gave similar conclusion to that of present research that active music therapy may be more effective for clients with psychosis.…”

Music and Health

“…Music therapy as an addition to standard care helps people with schizophrenia to improve their global state and may also improve mental state and functioning if a sufficient number of music therapy sessions are provided (Gold et al, 2005). Music therapy significantly diminished schizophrenic patients' negative symptoms, increased their ability to converse with others, reduced their social isolation, and increased their level of interest in external events (Tang, 1994).…”

Current status of music therapy for schizophrenic patients

“…Gold et al [7] evaluated the effects of music therapy on people with schizophrenia, including schizophrenic disorders. This review was included in the Cochrane Library, a database constructed with systematic reviews of reports on clinical trials including randomized controlled trials.…”

“…Mössler et al [8] published an updated Cochrane review focusing on music therapy for people with schizophrenia. They reviewed 85 papers including papers that had been reviewed by Gold et al [7], and recognized eight reliable studies. They suggested that applying music therapy along with standard treatments was more effective in mitigating negative symptoms, depression, and anxiety, and improving general mental state and social functioning, than providing only standard treatments.…”