Music may ease symptoms of schizophrenia

Therapy improves depression, anxiety, withdrawal, small study finds
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LONDON - Music therapy many help to ease the depression, anxiety and emotional withdrawal symptoms of schizophrenia, British scientists said on Wednesday.

In a small study in four hospitals, researchers at Imperial College London found that encouraging patients to express themselves through music seemed to improve their symptoms.

“We have known for some time that psychological treatments can help people with schizophrenia, but these have only been used when people are fairly stable,” said Dr. Mike Crawford, the author of the study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

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