Effects of music therapy on depression compared with psychotherapy

摘要: Abstract This paper reports a study testing the effects of music on depression and compares them with psychotherapy. There are mainly three conventional treatments for depression: psychotherapy, pharmaceutical treatments, electroconvulsive therapy. Because treatment has proven to be poorly successful, new means must found that might improve when used together other therapies. A randomized controlled clinical trial was performed convenience sample 79 patients aged 25–60 years low- medium-grade depression. The Zung Depression Scale employed selection purposes. Patients were randomly assigned music-therapy group (classical baroque music) ( n  = 41), or psychotherapy based conductive-behavioral therapy  = 38). applied 50 min day, every eight weeks. At end, had less depressive symptoms than group, this statistically significant Friedman test. We propose can use enhance psychological support.