Group music therapy for severe mental illness: A randomized embedded-experimental mixed methods study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-153

  Grocke, D ^a   Bloch, S ^b   Castle, D ^b,c   Thompson, G ^a   Newton, R ^b,d   Stewart, S ^e   Gold, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Group music therapy; Severe mental illness; Songwriting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP MUSIC THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENRICHMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904017717     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12224     Document Type: Article

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