Rehabilitative effect of music therapy for residual schizophrenia - a one-month randomised controlled trial in shanghai (Trans M. R. Phillips)

Author(s): Yao, X. W., Zheng, Z. P.

Journal/Book: Br J Psychiatry. 1994; 165: British Journal of Psychiatry, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG, United Kingdom. Royal College of Psychiatrists. 38-44.

Abstract: Discusses the results of a study on the usefulness of music therapy (MT) for patients with residual schizophrenia. 76 inpatient Ss participated; the experimental group received a 1-mo course of MT that included both passive listening to music and active participation in the singing of popular songs with other Ss. MT significantly diminished Ss' negative symptoms, increased their ability to converse with others, reduced their social isolation, and increased their level of interest in external events. ABSTRACT 2: Seventy-six in-patients who had the residual subtype of schizophrenia were randomly assigned to a treatment group or a control group. Both groups received standard medication as prescribed by their treating physicians, but the treatment group also received a one-month course of music therapy that included both passive listening to music and active participation in the singing of popular songs with other patients. Outcome was evaluated by four nurses using Chinese versions of the Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms and the in-patient version of the World Health Organization' s Disability Assessment Scale. Music therapy significantly diminished patients' negative symptoms, increased their ability to converse with others, reduced their social isolation, and increased their level of interest in external events. As music therapy has no side-effects and is relatively inexpensive, it merits further evaluation and wider application.

Note: Article WH Tang, Shanghai Mental Hlth Ctr, Dept Rehabil, 600 Wan Ping Nan Rd, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China

Keyword(s): Music therapy; schizophrenia ; adulthood; inpatients with residual schizophrenia; China; translated article. Adolescence. Adult. Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use. China. Combined Modality Therapy. Female. Hospitalization. Human. Male. Middle Age. Music Therapy. Psychiatric Status Rating Scales. Schizophrenia/rehabilitation. Schizophrenic Psychology. Treatment Outcome. Urban Population

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