Therapeutic Efficacy of Music in Management of Neurosis

In the present study, it was envisaged to evaluate the efficacy of music therapy on managing the problem of neurosis. 50 male adolescents in the age group of 13 to 18 were selected by random sampling from Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar. Best of possible efforts were made to include the subjects having similar socioeconomic status and educational background. These samples were provided with music therapy one hour daily for one month in the evening on 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm. No control group was contemplated. Every subject served as its own control. ‘Neurosis Measurement Scale’ developed by Uniyal and Bishta (1989) was used as a major tool for evaluating the neurosis level of the respondents before and after music therapy. The paired sample ‘t’ test was used for statistical evaluation of the effect of intervention. A significant reduction (p ≤ 0.01) in the level of neurosis was observed in the subjects after practice of music. From the results obtained, it may be inferred that music therapy has resulted in the reduction of the severity of neurosis by modulating probably the thought generating process in the brain which finally results in quality improvement in mental health states.