Conference paper
THE SINGING-GROUP: A NEW THERAPIC REHABILITATION FOR MOOD DESORDERS
Maurilio Giuseppe Maria Tavormina
; Mental Health Department, Operative Unit of Mental Health of Torre del Greco, ASL Na3 South, Naples, Italy
Romina Tavormina
; Social cooperative “Saint Lucia” of Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy
Eugenio Nemoianni
; Social cooperative “Saint Lucia” of Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy
Abstract
Psychosocial rehabilitation, and choral singing in particular, allow the recovery of lost or compromised ability of patients with
mental illness and they facilitate the reintegration of the user in his family and into his social context. The choral singing, used as an
operational tool for psychosocial rehabilitation, allowed users of the Day Centre of the Unit of Mental Health Torre del Greco ASL
NA 3 South to achieve concrete goals of rehabilitation: improvement of self-care and self-esteem, the management of emotions, the
growing of their interests, the integration and socialization overcoming the isolation of their mental suffering. In particular patients
with mood disorders have been significantly benefited from the rehabilitation activity. They improved their mood and all the related
diseases and the quality of their life with the result of a positive therapeutic implication. The singing group and for some individuals,
also psychotherapy and drug therapy, have allowed users to improve their lives and give them a concrete integration into the society.
Working in a group with patients, caregivers, family members, volunteers, social workers allowed a consolidated rehabilitation with
the passing of time.Using the chorus group "Sing that you go" as an operational tool for psychosocial rehabilitation and therapeutic
element we promote the psychological well-being and the enhancement of mood.
Keywords
choral singing; mood disorders; psychosocial rehabilitation; therapeutic rehabilitation; depression therapy
Hrčak ID:
265714
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Publication date:
5.11.2014.
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