کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
343923 617211 2010 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Effects of music therapy on depression compared with psychotherapy
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی روانپزشکی و بهداشت روانی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Effects of music therapy on depression compared with psychotherapy
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper reports a study testing the effects of music on depression and compares them with the effects of psychotherapy. There are mainly three conventional treatments for depression: psychotherapy, pharmaceutical treatments, and electroconvulsive therapy. Because conventional treatment has proven to be poorly successful, new means of treatment must be found that might improve depression when used together with other therapies. A randomized controlled clinical trial was performed with a convenience sample of 79 patients aged 25–60 years with low- and medium-grade depression. The Zung Depression Scale was employed for selection purposes. Patients were randomly assigned to the music-therapy group (classical and baroque music) (n = 41), or the psychotherapy group based on conductive-behavioral therapy (n = 38). The music therapy was applied for 50 min a day, every day, for eight weeks. At the end, the music-therapy group had less depressive symptoms than the psychotherapy group, and this was proven to be statistically significant with the Friedman test. We propose that patients with low- and medium-grade depression can use music to enhance the effects of psychological support.

Research highlights▶ Effects of music on depression. ▶ Music therapy vs. psychotherapy. ▶ Advantages of music therapy in low and medium degree of depression.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Arts in Psychotherapy - Volume 37, Issue 5, November 2010, Pages 387–390
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