MUSIC OF THE BRAIN IN THE TREATMENT OF PA TIENTS WITH INSOMNIA

The effects of ''Music of the brain'' which is the new nonpharmacologi cal method of treatment of insomnia were studied. The method is based upon the transformation of EEG signals into the music by using a speci al algorithm developed by the author. Sleep polygramme was registered and analysed. EEG sites of sleep stages and phases which most satisfie d usual criteria were selected and transformed into music. The patient listened to the recorded audiocassette just before sleep. 58 patients with insomnia were divided into 2 groups according clinical, formal, psychological and electrophysiological (polysomnography, EEG) methods which were applied before and after 15-day course of treatment. 1-st g roup (44 individuals) was the main group and the 2-nd group (14 patien ts) was the ''placebo'' group (''Music of the brain'' of other individ ual was used in this case). The positive effects of ''Music of the bra in'' were evaluated in patients with insomnia in more than 80% cases. These effects were marked on the basis of both subjective feeling and objective (psychological and neurophysiological) results. The high eff ectivity of ''Music of the brain'' for patients with insomnia combines with the lack of side effects and complications.