Music psychopathology. IV. The course of musical expression during music therapy with psychiatric inpatients

Author(s): Kimmig, V., Raith, L., Gunther, W., Bogner, J., Timmermann, T.

Journal/Book: Psychopathology. 1991; 24: 121-9.

Abstract: The music therapeutic productions of 67 psychiatric inpatients were analyzed concerning a systematic variation in the course of therapy. The impairment of performance was not as regular as with customary music, nevertheless with growing remission it was reversible in all diagnostic subgroups. The change for the better of rhythmic and motor skills of endogenous-depressed patients was seen to the same extent as with traditional music. The polarity profile developed for the assessment of music proved meaningful in the characterization of music therapeutic utterances. -------------------------------------- Investigated the existence of systematic characteristics (as found in traditional music) in music therapy with 67 psychiatric inpatients. When music productions were analyzed, the impairment of performance was not as regular as with traditional music. With growing remission, it was reversible in all diagnostic subgroups. The change for the better of rhythmic and motor skills of endogenous-depressed patients was seen to the same extent as with traditional music. The polarity profile developed for the assessment of music proved meaningful in the characterization of music therapeutic utterances.

Note: systematic characteristics of musical expression during music therapy; psychiatric inpatients

Keyword(s): Adult ; Aptitude ; Follow Up Studies; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales. Arousal ; Creativeness ; Depressive Disorder psychology; Depressive Disorder therapy; Hospitalization ; Manic Disorder psychology; Manic Disorder therapy; Music Therapy methods; Schizophrenia therapy; Schizophrenic Psychology. Female; Human; Male

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