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Comparing Educational Music Therapy Interventions via Stages of Recovery with Adults in an Acute Care Mental Health Setting: A Cluster-Randomized Pilot Effectiveness Study

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The purpose of this cluster-randomized pilot effectiveness study was to compare two different group-based educational music therapy interventions with a control condition as measured by the stage model of recovery in adults on an acute care mental health unit. Participants (N = 69) were cluster-randomized to one of three single-session conditions: educational lyric analysis (ELA), educational songwriting (ESW), or control. ELA and ESW conditions targeted motivations for and factors contributing to recovery. Results indicated no significant between-group difference. However, ELA and ESW conditions tended to have slightly more favorable stage of recovery mean scores than the control condition. Generally, educational music therapy may be clinically relevant for impacting stage of recovery within the temporal parameters of a single session. As ELA and ESW conditions had similar results, the specific educational music therapy intervention did not affect results. Implications for clinical practice, limitations, and suggestions for future research are provided.

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Notes

  1. This word is used to recognize the possibility of multiple genders and identities.

  2. While music therapy is a general term describing the profession, educational music therapy (Silverman, 2015) is a specific treatment approach or philosophy for adults with mental health conditions that emphasizes learning how to manage the mental health condition in order to augment the likelihood of recovery. Music therapy interventions, such as songwriting and lyric analysis, can be implemented for adults with mental health conditions using an educational music therapy approach as the theoretical framework.

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Silverman, M.J. Comparing Educational Music Therapy Interventions via Stages of Recovery with Adults in an Acute Care Mental Health Setting: A Cluster-Randomized Pilot Effectiveness Study. Community Ment Health J 55, 624–630 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00380-1

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