Journal of International Psychiatry

Objective: To explore the effect of individualized singing therapy on the rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients in long term hospitalization. Methods: a total of 60 schizophrenic patients who had been hospitalized for more than five years were randomly divided into the singing group, three times a week and 30 minutes Singing Course with regular treatment of schizophrenic patients. The control group was treated according to regular treatment of schizophrenic patients. During the study, the types and doses of psychotropic drugs remained unchanged (except in special cases), and regular treatment was carried out. Results: (1) Longitudinal comparison: in the middle stage and later stage, the score of ITAQ score in the singing group was significantly higher than that before treatment(P<0.01), and the total score of BPRS scale decreased significantly compared with that before treatment (P<0.01), while there was no significant difference in control group(P>0.05). (2) Horizontal comparison: there was no significant difference in the difference between the ITAQ scale and the BPRS scale in both of the singing group and the control group before treatment(P>0.05). The ITAQ scale of the singing group was significantly higher than that of the control group(P<0.01), and the total score of the BPRS scale decreased significantly (P<0.01). Conclusion: The individualized singing therapy, as a form of music therapy, can help long-term schizophrenic patients in the hospital improve and regulate their mood,improve their self cognition ability, and enhance their attention to the outside world, thus affect their rehabilitation.

Music therapy; Singing; Schizophrenia; Rehabilitation.