I have had a trial of the group music therapy in 12 psychiatric patients who admitted in Seoul Paik Hospital since Feb 1992. I observe the on going process of patient's status in group MT, and so can summarize the findings. Resistance which the
patients
feel about the therapist can be relieved gradually with the supportive and encouraged acceptance through the music process. Also improvisational music play offers the organization and the coordination which remove defensive resistance, and
contributes
to relieve the symptom. I find that patients can judge the one's self behavior and then change it through the music process. The use of music as a tool of group therapy ofers to the members being in the process of group therapy, the experiences
of
'here
and now' which helps patients learning a technical interpersonal relationship. Conclusively, First, the music therapy is effective as adjunctive method of the psychotherapy. Second, the music therapy would make be easy to observe the thought,
behavior
and feelings of patients for a psychiatrist or a music therapist. Third, the music therapy would be of benefit for assessing the prognosis of the social adaptation and symptomatological improvement of the patients. Forth, the music therapy would
be
benefit for establishing the rapport of the doctor-patient relationship. Fifth, the music therapy would of benefit for converting the nonverbal communication such as the depressive mood, social withdrawal and mutistic behavior of the patients to
verbal
communication. Sixth, the music therapy and dancing therapy would be helpful for the chronified patient who would be required the long term admission for treatment to refresh themselves. Finally, although I have had a few cases, the music therapy
may be
helpful for the patients who were relatively improved in acute negative symptom such as, negativism, autistic behavior, social withdrawal by antipsychotic medications.
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