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Music therapy for depression: it seems to work, but how?

Year: 2011

Type: editorial

Abstract: Evidence is beginning to emerge that music therapy can improve the mental health of people with depression. We examine possible mechanisms of action of this complex intervention and suggest that music therapy partly is effective because active music-making within the therapeutic frame offers the patient opportunities for new aesthetic, physical and relational experiences.

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.087494

Authors: Anna Maratos, Mike J. Crawford, Simon Procter

Institutions: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Centre for Mental Health, Imperial College London

Language: English

Topic: Music Therapy and Health

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2114313208

Cites: 18

Cited by: 115

Related to: 10