MUSIC THERAPY IN PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA: SCOPING REVIEW

Abstract

Introduction : According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around the world there are 379 million people with mental disorders, with 20 million people affected by schizophrenia and psychosis. Hallucinations are divided into 5 types, namely auditory, visual, taste, touch and inhalation hallucinations. Hallucination disorders can be treated with pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy. Non-pharmacological therapy is safer to use because it does not cause side effects like drugs. Music therapy is one therapy that is often used for auditory hallucinations Aim: The aim of this research is to determine music therapy for people with Schizophrenia Methode: The approach used in this literature study is a scoping review. The search for articles in this literature study used 3 database sources, namely PubMed, Ebscohost, and Google Scholar. The keywords used in this literature study use Boolen operators, namely "Schizophrenia OR Schizophrenia" AND "music therapy OR music intervention" for searching articles in English, as well as "Skizofrenia" AND "terapi musik” to search for articles in Indonesian. Result : Search results using these keywords yielded 250 articles and only 6 articles were reviewed and analyzed in this literature study. Conclusion: From the six articles, music therapy combined with the administration of psychotropic drugs can provide benefits for reducing the level of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia sufferers, either with music that has a soft rhythm or using music that is popular.