Many studies have evidenced the
beneficial effects of music therapy in patients with psychological disorders.
In scientific literature, we have found empirically documented the emotionalresponses when people listen to music. It has been demonstrated that patients
with mental disorders perceive the expressiveness of the music the same way
than without mental illness. The results support that the music is a good
therapeutic modality for individuals with mental illness.
For the preparation of this section
we have conducted a search in major medical databases (Medline, PubMed,
Cochrane) and in some publications research in the form of doctoral theses (For
lack of space are published in another number)1. A search was conducted in theTESEO database about the topics which we discussed in this work, likeschizophrenia disorder. About this issue, we found 144 records which,
surprisingly, none is related to music therapy.