Denise Grocke and David J. Castle
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199568086
- eISBN:
- 9780191731044
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568086.003.0025
- Subject:
- Psychology, Music Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter looks at the association between music and schizophrenia, interrogating the phenomenon of musical hallucinations (‘hearing’ music when there is no music to be heard); investigating links ...
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This chapter looks at the association between music and schizophrenia, interrogating the phenomenon of musical hallucinations (‘hearing’ music when there is no music to be heard); investigating links between schizophrenia and musical creativity; and finally outlining how music and music therapy in particular might assist people with schizophrenia and help them deal more effectively with their psychotic symptoms and enhance their socialization. It begins with a brief description of the nature of schizophrenia.Less
This chapter looks at the association between music and schizophrenia, interrogating the phenomenon of musical hallucinations (‘hearing’ music when there is no music to be heard); investigating links between schizophrenia and musical creativity; and finally outlining how music and music therapy in particular might assist people with schizophrenia and help them deal more effectively with their psychotic symptoms and enhance their socialization. It begins with a brief description of the nature of schizophrenia.
