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Holist Nurs Pract. 2001 Jan;15(2):59-69.

Therapeutic music for patients with psychiatric disorders.

Covington H.

Basin Clinic, Montrose Memorial Hospital, Naturita, Colorado, USA.

Many patients with psychiatric disorders struggle with poor skills in coping, communication, socialization, and self-expression that may result in dysfunctional behavioral, cognitive, and emotional responses. Therapeutic music offers a noninvasive approach to strengthen these skills and effect behavior change. At a regional inpatient psychiatric hospital in Colorado, a program of therapeutic music was developed using Rogers' theory of unitary human beings as the theoretical framework. This article describes the approach used to strengthen coping skills in communication, socialization, and self-expression. Suggestions are made for developing a program of music with similar patient populations.

PMID: 12119920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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