Music Against Psychological Pain in Suicide

A Controlled, Randomized Study Evaluating the Effecacy of Receptive Music Therapy on Psychological Pain in Suicidal Patients

This study compares the efficacy of music therapy associated with standard care versus the standard care alone on the psychological pain in suicidal patients.

Music therapy consists of using the Music Care tool. Each patient randomized in the music therapy arm should perform 4 music therapy sessions of 30 minutes on 48h.

Before and after each music therapy sessions, the psychological pain will be measured by the analogical visual scale.

Standard care consists of a medical and paramedical interview lasting 20-30 minutes. At the end of the interview, a drug treatment (BZD anxiolytic and/or hypnotic) is prescribed and the patient is hospitalized. During hospitalization, patient is regularly interviewed in order to evaluate his psychological status.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient with suicidal ideas, thoughts or surviving suicide attempt
• Patient whose emergency somatic management lasted less than 48h
• Patient who, according to the physician, is still in suicidal mood
• Patient admitted in the psychiatric hospitalization unit of the Public Mental Health Establishment
• Patient with voluntary admission and agrees to stay in hospital from 48h to 60h
• Patient able to write and read in french
• Patient affiliated to a social security scheme
• Patient who gives his Informed consent before any procedure related to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with attempt suicide requiring a somatic care (intensive, surgery, gastric lavage...)
• Patient with medical history of audiogenic and/or musicogenic epilepsy
• Patient with major impairment of hearing function
• Patient unable to support the headhset earphone
• Patient with contra indication to BZD, hypnotics (Zopiclone) or requiring more sedative and/or psychotic drugs
• Patient under guardianship or under judicial protection
• Patient hospitalized at the request of a third party or ex officio