Is there a role for music therapy in the care of the severely mentally ill?
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.
Grocke
Denise
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National Music Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia. d.grocke@unimelb.edu.au
Bloch
Sidney
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Castle
David
D
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