Hospital Universitario de La Ribera implements a program of music therapy for patients with severe mental disorder

experts say that it’s successful adjuvant treatment, and therefore the Centre of Alzira is one of the first public hospitals in the community incorporating this procedure therapeutic.

-more than 90 patients of the center of Alzira with bipolar disorder, major depression or schizophrenia will participate in this outstanding program therapeutic.

-this initiative has been scholarship by the Ministry of health among other 50 projects submitted by other centres within the ‘ programme for the promotion of Mental Health and against Social exclusion and stigma ’.

– according to the service of Psychiatry, the annual incidence of these cited three pathologies exceeds 3% of the population, by which about 7,500 inhabitants of the region.

Alzira, 2011-November Hospital Universitario de La Ribera has launched a program of music therapy for patients with serious mental disorder. More than 90 Alzira Health Center patients suffering from diseases such as bipolar disorder, major depression or schizophrenia will participate in this therapeutic program of six months duration.

According to experts of the psychiatry service of the Bank, this treatment has proven to be an effective sensory technique complements the pharmacological treatment and it can reduce by 10% the probability that the patient suffers a relapse or a re-entry.

That is why that Alzira hospital is one of the first public hospitals in the Valencian Community to incorporate this therapeutic procedure. In addition, the program of La Ribera is a pioneer at regional level in the fact that family members involved in the care of the patient involved in treatment sessions.

According to the psychiatry service of the Bank, the annual incidence of these three aforementioned pathologies exceeds 3% of the population, so nearly 7,500 people of the region suffer from these diseases.

Music therapy is a discipline of verbal and nonverbal communication that uses music and sounds for therapeutic purposes that stimulates communication and the expression of feelings, by fostering social integration and a better quality of life of the patient.

In this sense, music promotes the recognition of emotions, self-esteem and self-control, boosting contact, reality orientation and development of social skills.

This initiative of the Hospital of Alzira has obtained a scholarship funded by the Ministry of health among other 50 projects submitted by other centers in the program for the ‘ promotion of Mental Health and against Social exclusion and stigma ’ convened by this body.

The program of music therapy for patients with acute mental disorder is aimed at patients admitted in the psychiatry service at the Hospital Universitario La Ribera and for those that are currently in follow-up posthospitalización.

In this sense, the program will be taught by two musicoterapeútas in coordination with psychiatrists from the unity of hospitalization and nursing team graduates. To this end, patients will participate in two weekly sessions of one hour. Psychiatric patients are only present in the first and the second will be also attended by family members.

In the words of Dr. Thomas of Vicente, head of the psychiatry service, through this program will be able to promote the positive interaction of the patient with other people, an increase in self-esteem and the use of rhythm as generator element of order. In this way can help you integrate into your environment as quickly as possible. ”