Voice Movement Therapy: Evaluation of a Group-Based Expressive Arts Therapy for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Young Adults

Music & Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-38

  Martin, Sophie ^a   Martin, Graham ^b   Lequertier, Belinda ^b   Swannell, Sarah ^b   Follent, Anna ^b   Choe, Florence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; expressive arts therapy; music therapy; nonsuicidal self injury (NSSI); voice movement therapy; young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990370484     PISSN: 19438621     EISSN: 1943863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1943862112467649     Document Type: Article

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