title: Music and madness: neuropsychiatric aspects of music.
abstract: Music has soothed the souls of human beings for centuries and it has helped people recover from ailments since ancient times. Today, there is still a widespread interest in the relationship between music, affect and mental illness. This article is aimed at reviewing these complex relationships, starting from a wide perspective on the neurobiology of emotions, perceptions and music language to a detailed analysis of psychopathology in famous musicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mula
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Trimble
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011570:Psychiatry; D011599:Psychopathology