[Musicotherapy--possible uses in social psychiatry (author's transl)]

Journal/Book: Psychiatr Prax. 1977; 4: 232-6.

Abstract: The importance of musicotherapy as a type of treatment within the framework of psychiatry is examined. Musicotherapy, as used in the treatment of schizophrenia, is considered to be a communicative therapy with a tendency to regression. A plan for treating psychotics with a non-verbal and a verbal track is outlined. The special approach to patients offered via musicotherapy is seen as follows. The terapist- patient relationship is established on a preverbal communicative level in a zone which is free from anxiety. The shelter afforded by a common musical experience enables self-regulation of the balance between symbiosis and separation, and hence the development of a therapist- patient relationship. The feedback provided by establishing structured objects represents an integration aid for the self and the ego of the patient. Therapy practised as active group musicotherapy forms part of a social field within the group.

Keyword(s): Case Report. English Abstract. Female. Germany, West. Human. Male. Music Therapy/methods. Psychology, Social. Schizophrenia/therapy

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