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Journal of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Research
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PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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EFFECTS OF A UNIQUE SOUND
STIMULATION AUDITORY
TRAINING PROGRAM ON DEPRESSIVE
Amir H Yassari
Northwestern University, Germany
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atients with psychiatric diseases and depression in particular show
deficits in cognitive (e.g. executive function) as well as social cognitive
abilities (e.g. mentalizing). These deficits lead to interpersonal problems
making it difficult to build relationships, thus reinforcing social seclusionand
accentuating the burden of depressive symptoms. Add-on therapies
supporting standard treatment, such as metacognitive therapy, have shown
their efficacy in improving cognitive and emotional fixations in patients with
depression (PD). Further interventions based on music (e.g. music therapy
and auditory training) have gained an important role in the last decade.
Especiallyauditory training promises to enhance the function of the ear and
brain and by extension a patient’s active listening skills or mindfulness. Yet
no study has systematically investigated the effects of auditory training on
mindfulness and the betterment of symptoms in PD. For the first we have
studied the effect of a unique sound stimulation auditory training program. We
believe that our case study illustrates that auditory training has a significant
effect on mindfulness and by extension on measurable behavioral outcomes
in terms of social cognitive (theory of mind and meta cognitive abilities), and
neurocognitive abilities (attention span, executive function) and consequently
social interactions thus reducing depressive symptoms. With this case study
we present a unique, practical, cost-effective add-on therapy with no adverse
effects that can be effectively and efficiently administered to PD to reduce the
burden of disease.
Amir H Yassari has finished his medical school
in Vienna and has researched at Northwestern
University and UC San Diego. He obtained his
MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from King’s
College London working on social cognition.
Currently, he is working in the outpatient care,
diagnosing prodromal psychotic patients.
a.yassari@uke.deBIOGRAPHY
Amir H Yassari, J Neurol Neurorehabil Res 2018, Volume 3