Unit 4  Section 1 Exercise 1
The Patient's Experience of Depression Listening
The following music clips represent a composer's interpretation of mood. See Michael Proksch's website: http://www.michaelproksch.de/
 Clip 1
Clip 2
Clip 3
Clip 4
Please also link to the sections on witnessing in Units 1 (and 3) http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/familymedicine/imh/unit1/unit1Sec2k.htm
Think about the relationships between listening and witnessing, and also between listening and careful observation. These exercises help raise our awareness of the role our senses play in receiving and processing information in clinical practice.
Study Questions
1. Listen to the segments. Describe the music as objectively as possible. Can you identify the instruments, the rhythm, the key? Then write down words that describe the overall mood. What (subtle) differences are there between the 4 clips?
2.
How does music express a mood? At what point does mood become a pathology? To what extent is music capable of representing illness? How might this listening exercise relate to listening to a patient?
3. Glenn Newell MD, writes the following: "Today on rounds on the floor I had my team stand at the nurse's station and close their eyes and focus their ears on somethin
g they did not hear while visually stimulated."
What can you learn from such an exercise? Repeat this exercise for yourself in a clinical setting, such as in an outpatient setting or hospital and write about the experience. What values does listening have in honing clinical skills?
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