Tang W, Yao X, Zheng Z
Rehabilitation Department, Shanghai City Mental Health Centre, PRC.
Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 1994 Aug(24):38-44.
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.
76名患有残留型精神分裂症的住院患者被随机分为治疗组和对照组。两组患者均按照主治医生的处方接受标准药物治疗，但治疗组还接受了为期一个月的音乐治疗课程，包括被动听音乐以及与其他患者一起积极参与流行歌曲演唱。由四名护士使用中文版阴性症状评估量表和世界卫生组织残疾评估量表的住院患者版对结果进行评估。音乐治疗显著减轻了患者的阴性症状，提高了他们与他人交谈的能力，减少了他们的社交隔离，并增加了他们对外部事件的兴趣水平。由于音乐治疗没有副作用且相对便宜，因此值得进一步评估和更广泛地应用。
