The BAPNE Method: A New Approach and Treatment for Depressive Disorders

Abstract

Depression is characterized by a decrease of the tone of the mood that is associated, as a rule, with a slowing down (hard or slight) of some cognitive functions (attention, perception, ideation) and with a decline of the psychomotricity. Recently some studies have shown that music and movement generate healthy effects to depressed patients. The aim of this research is to demonstrate that the method of body percussion BAPNE may be used as a possible means of rehabilitation for depression. This method, effective both at an interpersonal and an intrapersonal level, fosters the cognitive, social-emotional, psychomotor stimulation, and the start up of all the brain lobes. We expect the level of attention to be stimulated, as well as executive functions, ability to focus, self-confidence, visual-spatial abilities, with a consequent improvement of patient's quality of life, decreasing of the stress, and suicidal risk.