title: Music therapy to promote movement from isolation to community in homeless veterans.
abstract: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Operation Stand Down has done much to address homeless needs among veterans. Gaining client trust is central to the effectiveness of the program. Music therapy has been found beneficial in moving individuals from isolation to community. We report our experience with participatory music therapy in Operation Stand Down and offer this as a legitimate intervention to enhance client participation.
authors.affiliation: Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA. james.powers@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rollins
mesh_terms: D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009147:Music Therapy; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D013714:Tennessee; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*