title: Is there a role for music therapy in the care of the severely mentally ill?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The role of music therapy in psychiatric care in Australia is briefly traced from the early 1990s to the present. With the shift to community-based care, contemporary music therapy practice for the severely mentally ill is reappraised alongside the principles of the recovery model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Music therapy is a viable option within the creative arts therapies for enhancing quality of life in people with severe and enduring mental illness.
authors.affiliation: National Music Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia. d.grocke@unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grocke
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castle
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009147:Music Therapy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012106:Research; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology