Developmental Delay Medicine Psychiatry Links Music Therapy and Psychiatry Music therapists work with people with mental heath disorders including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders and post traumatic stress disorder. Music therapy can provide this population with an alternative means of communication and a chance to express themselves through improvisation, song writing or lyric analysis. Music Therapy and Social Skills Psychiatric disorders can often impair social interaction and social skills. Music therapy can provide opportunities for safe group and individual musical experiences, address how people interact with their environment and examine how they affect their environment.
Music can encourage social interaction among patients.
The interaction may take the form of talking about thoughts and feelings, contributing to group experience, cooperating with others or responding to others' needs. Preference and familiar music are important in this area. Music Therapy and Communication People with mental health difficulties may find communication with others difficult. As music therapy can help social and interpersonal interaction and emotional expression, so to can it help communication difficulties. Music therapy techniques such as song writing, lyric analysis and improvisation can be used to assist the client in development of their communication skills.