Music therapy: a novel motivational approach for dually diagnosed patients.
Co-occurring mental illness and addiction is very common and results in worse treatment outcomes compared to singly diagnosed addicted individuals. Integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders is associated with better treatment outcomes; however there is a wide range of what is included in integrated treatment. Due to patient and staff interests, integrated treatment often includes complementary and alternative therapies, including music and art therapy. There is a need to study how these approaches effect treatment engagement, retention, and outcome. This study was a prospective naturalistic non-randomized pilot study without a control group that sought to evaluate how participation in a music therapy program affected treatment outcomes for individuals with co-occurring mental illness and addiction. In summary, music therapy appears to be a novel motivational tool in a severely impaired inpatient sample of patients with co-occurring disorders. Future studies of music therapy in integrated co-occurring disorder setting should include a control group.
Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Bellevue Hospital, New York, USA. Stephen.Ross@bellevue.nychhc.org
Stephen
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Ross
Indra
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Cidambi
Helen
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Dermatis
Jason
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Weinstein
Douglas
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Ziedonis
Serena
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Roth
Marc
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Galanter
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