Year: 2017
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: How do antidepressants or recreational drugs influence the musical experience in the context of therapy or during music performance and listening? Using drugs to enhance performance we can describe a complementary interaction between lifestyle, personal identity, and drugs, influencing musical identities in creative processes. Treating depressed clients with individual psychodynamic music therapy (MT) worked well with those taking anti-depressants, but also initiated a process in which the need for medication began to decrease. While antidepressants may help to keep anxiety, energy loss, and rumination within limits, MT induces a process by, which emotional limitations are likely to become the target of change, mediated via work on the musical identity of the client, as exemplified in a case example. Research on chronobiological mood bias suggests that chronobiological conditions, drug profiles, and musical identity should be taken into account. Taking these chronobiological conditions, drug profiles, and musical identity into account may help to identify performance peaks and optimize treatment schedules.
Source: Oxford University Press eBooks
Authors: Jörg Fachner, Jaakko Erkkilä, Olivier Brabant
Institutions: Anglia Ruskin University, University of Jyväskylä
Language: English
Topic: Music Therapy and Health
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2605574718