Biased emotional recognition in depression: perception of emotions in music by depressed patients.

Abstract Background Depression is a highly prevalent mood disorder, that impairs a person's social skills and also their quality of life. Populations affected with depression also suffer from a higher mortality rate. Depression affects person's ability to recognize emotions. We designed a novel experiment to test the hypothesis that depressed patients show a judgment bias towards negative emotions. Methods To investigate how depressed patients differ in their perception of emotions conveyed by musical examples, both healthy (n = 30) and depressed (n = 79) participants were presented with a set of 30 musical excerpts, representing one of five basic target emotions, and asked to rate each exc…

Improvisational music therapy and perception of emotions in music by people with depression

Individual music therapy for depression: randomised controlled trial

BackgroundMusic therapy has previously been found to be effective in the treatment of depression but the studies have been methodologically insufficient and lacking in clarity about the clinical model employed.AimsTo determine the efficacy of music therapy added to standard care compared with standard care only in the treatment of depression among working-age people.MethodParticipants (n= 79) with an ICD–10 diagnosis of depression were randomised to receive individual music therapy plus standard care (20 bi-weekly sessions) or standard care only, and followed up at baseline, at 3 months (after intervention) and at 6 months. Clinical measures included depression, anxiety, general functioning…

Emotions in motion: Short-term group form Dance/Movement Therapy in the treatment of depression: A pilot study

Abstract Depression is a highly prevalent mood disorder that impairs a person's social skills and quality of life. Depressed patients have been shown to have difficulty in identifying, expressing, and regulating emotions, especially negative emotions, such as anger. Here, we present a study that investigates using body- and movement-based therapy intervention in the treatment of depression. Central to this study is the use of a short-term group form of Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) intervention. The main research question was whether a short-term group form of DMT intervention could decrease the symptoms of depression and anxiety. Depressed participants ( N  = 21, aged 18–60 years) received …

Emotions in Motion

Depression is a disabling medical illness characterized by persistent and all-encompassing feelings of sadness, loss of interest, or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities, as well as problems in emotion regulation. Medication, sometimes in combination with verbal psychotherapy or counselling, is the predominant method of treatment for depression. This article argues that body movement, being fundamental to the perception and production of emotion, should also be considered in approaches and methods utilized in the treatment of depression. This chapter introduces motion capture technology as a method for studying dance movement, and provides a short overview of related studies. Recent fi…

Musiikkiterapia osana huumekuntoutusta : hoitoon kiinnittämisestä kokemusmaailman integroimiseen

"Matkalla mieleen ja tunteisiin" : fysioakustinen menetelmä ja musiikkiterapia huumekuntoutuksessa

The effect of improvisational music therapy on the treatment of depression: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background Music therapy is frequently offered to individuals suffering from depression. Despite the lack of research into the effects of music therapy on this population, anecdotal evidence suggests that the results are rather promising. The aim of this study is to examine whether improvisational, psychodynamically orientated music therapy in an individual setting helps reduce symptoms of depression and improve other health-related outcomes. In particular, attention will be given to mediator agents, such as musical expression and interaction in the sessions, as well as to the explanatory potential of EEG recordings in investigating emotion related music perception of individuals w…

Improvisaatiopohjainen yksilömusiikkiterapia masennuksen hoidossa : kontrolloitu, satunnainen tutkimus

Masennus on yleinen sairaus, joka vaikuttaa ihmisen elämään laaja-alaisesti, heikentäen muun muassa yksilön sosiaalisia taitoja ja vaikeuttaen kykyä tunnistaa ja ilmaista tunteita. Masennukseen liitetään myös vaikeudet ilmaista ja säädellä negatiivisia tunteita kuten vihaa. Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitettiin kliiniseen improvisaatioon perustuvan lyhytkestoisen musiikkiterapia-intervention lisäarvoa Käypä hoidon mukaiseen masennuksen hoitoon (engl. standard care, jatkossa Se) lisättynä verrattuna pelkkään se hoitoon. Psykiatriset arviot toteutettiin sekä koe- että kontrolliryhmille lähtötilanteessa ennen satunnaistamista, sekä kolmen kuukauden (musiikkiterapiaintervention jälkeen) ja kuuden ku…

The effect of improvisational music therapy on the treatment of depression: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Background. Music therapy is frequently offered to individuals suffering from depression. Despite the lack of research into the effects of music therapy on this population, anecdotal evidence suggests that the results are rather promising. The aim of this study is to examine whether improvisational, psychodynamically orientated music therapy in an individual setting helps reduce symptoms of depression and improve other health-related outcomes. In particular, attention will be given to mediator agents, such as musical expression and interaction in the sessions, as well as to the explanatory potential of EEG recordings in investigating emotion related music perception of individuals with depr…

Emotions in motion - Tunteet Liikkeessä (TuLi)

Depression is a highly prevalent mood disorder which impairs a person’s social skills and quality of life, and affects their ability to recognise and express emotions. Here, we describe the first study to investigate how depression affects expression of emotions perceived in music through spontaneous, expressive body movement. Central to this study is the use of a Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) intervention. Specifically, we investigate how depression and possible co-morbid anxiety affect a person’s ability to express emotions perceived in music through spontaneous movement, regulate their emotions through music and music related movement, and whether DMT can improve these skills in depressed…