ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Apichai Mongkol, Nitayaporn Mongkol, Treerat Uppatumpotiwat, Utaiwan Junkong.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Active Piano Music Therapy (APMT) for In-patients with Chronic Schizophrenia.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 9, Supplement 1, 26-29 August 2008, page 56.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Objective: To add an alternative rehabilitation treatment program for the chronic schizophrenic in-patients by using APMT. To demonstrate the feasibility of providing sustainable APMT for chronic schizophrenic in-patients. To explore its effects on mental health of the patients. Methods: APMT sessions took place once a week. Nurses and music teachers used One-to-Five technique to teach the nine patients. The One--to-Five technique translates the universal music notes to just number 1 to 5 to be used by each finger (left and right hands). All patients have been diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia. They were hospitalized for at least more than three months. They never had music lesson prior to the study. Learning to play piano using One-to-Five technique could be done in a short time period. After ten minutes of instruction and aoaching, the patients were very happy that they sould have learned their own new songs. Now that they had learned how to play their particular songs, they then practiced to be more skillful playing their songs each day by thwmselves for ten minutes each day. Next week the patients met with music teachers and nurses to learn other new songs. It made a cycle of ten minutes learning on the first day of the week and ten minutes practicing each day on the second to the seventh day of the week. The cycle repeated every week for three months. We explored the effects on the mental health of the patients by by using four instruments. Happiness by Thai Happiness Indicators (THI-15), Stress screening test by DMH's SPST-20. Rehabilitation outcomes were measures by DMH's REHAB-6. BPRS was used to assess Psychiatric symptoms. Satisfaction with care wasd conducted after 3 months as well. Results: The patients were happier, showed lesser stress, improved on rehabilitation outcomes measurement, and decreased psychiatric symptoms. Patients and staffs were very satisfied with APMT. Conclusion: Active Piano Music Therapy (APMT) together with "One to Five teaching technique" is an effective form of rehabilitation treatment program for chronic schizophrenic in-patient. It improves the quality of life of the patient. It is fasr, fun and not expensive. It makes every one involved happier.

Keywords: piano, music therapy, in-patients, chronic, schizophrenia

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2008

Address: Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Code: 2010000308

ISSN/ISBN: 0218-3420

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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