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Submissions from 2024

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Systematic Review on Music Interventions During Pregnancy in Favor of the Well-being of Mothers and Eventually Their Offspring, Johanna Maul, Susann Behnam, Pauline Wimberger, Wolfgang Henrich, and Birgit Arabin

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Music Interventions to Improve Sleep in Adults With Mental Health Problems, Nan Zhao, Helle Nystrup Lund, and Kira Vibe Jespersen

Submissions from 2023

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Connecting Through Music: A Systematic Review of the Use of Music to Reduce Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Rowena Cai, Gohar Zakaryan, Kevin Zhang, and Rachael Finnerty

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Music-based Intervention Impacts for People With Eating Disorders: A Narrative Synthesis Systematic Review, Ee Xuen Chang, Joanne Brooker, Richard Hiscock, and Clare O'Callaghan

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Associations Between Music Therapy, Pain and Heart Rate for Children Receiving Palliative Care, Angela M. Delaney, Anthony R. Herbert, Natalie Bradford, and Anne Bernard

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Effects of Receptive Music Therapy Combined With Virtual Reality on Prevalent Symptoms in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Study Protocol, Agustina Iturri, María Adela Bertella, Marcelo Nicolás Dóvidas, Javier Spector, and Alberto Alonso Babarro

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The effectiveness of a manualized hip-hop and rap intervention on well-being among black emerging adult men: A multiple baseline design, Lanita Jefferson and Jonathan Ohrt

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Exploring Influencing Factors of Anxiety Improvement Following Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy in Young Adults with Cancer, Robert Knoerl, Emanuele Mazzola, Heather Woods, Elizabeth Buchbinder, Lindsay Frazier, Ann LaCasce, Marlise R. Luskin, Carolyn S. Phillips, Katherine Thornton, Donna L. Berry, and Jennifer Ligibel

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Music to Improve Sleep Quality in Adults With Depression-related Insomnia (MUSTAFI): Randomized Controlled Trial, Helle Nystrup Lund, Inge Nygaard Pedersen, Agnieszka M. Heymann-Szlachcinska, Maryla Tuszewska, Gustav Bizik, Jens Ivar Larsen, Antonio Drago, Eszter Kulhay, Anelia Larsen, Helle Østermark Sørensen, Bettina Grønbech, Lars Rye Bertelsen, Jan Brink Valentin, Jan Mainz, and Søren Paaske Johnsen

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A qualitative systematic review of the experiences of sharing music for people living with dementia and their family care partners: The thread of connection, Kate McMahon, Imogen N. Clark, Karette Stensæth, Thomas Wosch, Helen Odell Miller, Anna Bukowska, and Felicity A. Baker

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Feasibility of Therapeutic Music Listening in Fibromyalgia: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Study, Alfredo Raglio, Raffaella Bettaglio, Marina R. Manera, Edoardo N. Aiello, Giulia Gontero, Chiara Imbriani, Luca Brischigiaro, Cesare Bonezzi, and Laura Demartini

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Training Formal Caregivers in the Use of Live Music Interventions During Personal Care With Persons Living With Dementia: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review, Karyn Stuart-Röhm, Felicity A. Baker, and Imogen Clark

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Utilising Emotion Monitoring for Developing Music Interventions for People with Dementia: A State-of-the-Art Review, Jessica G. J. Vuijk, Jeroen Klein Brinke, and Nikita Sharma

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Music and Subjective Well-being in Older Chinese Adults: Perceived Stress Moderates the Mediating Effects of Emotional Adaptability, Jie Wang and Kyung Hyun Suh

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Effect of Music Therapy on Older Adults With Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Min Wang, Jingwen Wu, and Hong Yan

Submissions from 2022

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A Home-based Dyadic Music-with-movement Intervention for People With Dementia and Caregivers: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster-randomized Effectiveness-implementation Design, D. S. K. Cheung, L. Y. W. Ho, L. C. K. Chan, R. K. H. Kwok, and C. K. Y. Lai

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The Effects of a Dance and Music-based Intervention on Parkinson's Patients' Well-being: An Interview Study, B. Colombo, A. Rigby, M. Gnerre, and F. Biassoni

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Music Therapy for People With Substance Use Disorders, Claire Ghetti, Xi-Jing Chen, Annette K. Brenner, Laurien G. Hakvoort, Lars Lien, Jorg Fachner, and Christian Gold

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Integrative Review of Singing and Music Interventions for Family Carers of People Living With Dementia, S. Lee, T. Allison, D. O'Neill, P. Punch, E. Helitzer, and H. Moss

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Promoting Well-being Among People With Early-stage Dementia and Their Family Carers Through Community-based Group Singing: A Phenomenological Study, S. Lee, D. O'Neill, and H. Moss

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Observing Music Therapy in Dementia: Repeated Single-case Studies Assessing Well-being and Sociable Interaction, K. G. Madsø, H. Molde, K. M. Hynninen, and I. H. Nordhus

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Isn't There Room for Music in Chronic Pain Management?, Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Anni Pitkäniemi, Teppo Särkämö, and Seppo Soinila

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Analysis of Between-diagnoses Differences in Music-based Affect Regulatory Strategies in Adults With Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions: Implications for Transdiagnostic Application, Michael J. Silverman and Sonia Bourdaghs

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Music-making in the Community With People Living With Dementia and Care-partners - 'I'm Leaving Feeling on Top of the World', S. K. Smith, A. Innes, and S. Bushell

Submissions from 2021

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A Systematic Review of Music Therapy for Psychosocial Outcomes of Substance Use Clients, T. Edison Carter and Lisa S. Panisch

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Creative Forces Programming With Military Families: Art Therapy, Dance/movement Therapy, and Music Therapy Brief Vignettes, Gioia Chilton, Rebecca Vaudreuil, Elizabeth K. Freeman, Nathaniel McLaughlan, Jessica Herman, and Stephen J. Cozza

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How Participation in Group Singing in the Community Impacts on Emotional Wellbeing: A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Group Singing Participants, Belinda Densley and Katrina Andrews

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A Survey of the Contribution Made by UK Orchestras to the Health and Well-being Sectors, S. Derbyshire, F. Harvey, and M. Swann

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Effects of Music Participation for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis, Jennie L. Dorris, Stephen Neely, Lauren Terhorst, Helena M. VonVille, and Juleen Rodakowski

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Effects of Music Participation for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, J. L. Dorris, S. Neely, L. Terhorst, H. M. VonVille, and J. Rodakowski

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Online Singing Groups for People With Dementia: Scoping Review, B. Dowson and J. Schneider

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Enriched Music-supported Therapy for Chronic Stroke Patients: A Study Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Trial, J. Grau-Sánchez, E. Segura, D. Sanchez-Pinsach, P. Raghavan, T. F. Münte, A. M. Palumbo, A. Turry, E. Duarte, T. Särkämö, J. Cerquides, J. L. Arcos, and A. Rodríguez-Fornells

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The Music Engagement Program for People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: Pilot Feasibility Trial Outcomes, Amelia Gulliver, Georgia Pike, Michelle Banfield, Alyssa R. Morse, Natasha Katruss, Harley Valerius, Melanie Pescud, Mitchell McMaster, and Susan West

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Mental Health and Music Engagement: Review, Framework, and Guidelines for Future Studies, D. E. Gustavson, P. L. Coleman, J. R. Iversen, H. H. Maes, R. L. Gordon, and M. D. Lense

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The Effectiveness of Music as an Intervention for Dementia Patients in Acute Settings: A Literature Review, Kate Hack, Kate Martin, and Chris Atkinson

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Music Technology Tools – a Therapist-in-a-box? Human–computer Interaction and the Co-creation of Mental Health, Kjetil Høyer Jonassen

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Depression Symptoms Relationship With Music Use: Investigating the Role of Trait Affect, Musical Ability, Music Preferences, Sai Charan Kanagala, Thomas Schäfer, David M. Greenberg, and Anna Gabi?ska

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Motivation to Make Music Matters: Daily Autonomous Motivation, Flow, and Well-being in Hobby Musicians, Friederike Koehler, Marco Warth, Beate Ditzen, and Andreas B. Neubauer

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Effects of Maternal Singing During Kangaroo Care on Maternal Anxiety, Wellbeing, and Mother-infant Relationship After Preterm Birth: A Mixed Methods Study, Kaisamari Kostilainen, Kaija Mikkola, Jaakko Erkkilä, and Minna Huotilainen

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Personalised Music for Residents With Dementia in an Australian Rural Aged-care Setting, A. Kuot, E. Barton, G. Tiri, T. McKinlay, J. Greenhill, and V. Isaac

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Does Bedtime Music Listening Improve Subjective Sleep Quality and Next-morning Well-being in Young Adults? a Randomized Cross-over Trial, Nadyanna M. Majeed, Verity Y. Q. Lua, Jun Sen Chong, Zoey Lew, and Andree Hartanto

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Exploring the Role and Impact of Group Songwriting With Multiple Stakeholders in Recovery-oriented Mental Health Services, Tríona McCaffrey, Paula Higgins, Clara Monahan, Sinéad Moloney, Siobhán Nelligan, Aoife Clancy, and Pui Sze Cheung

Evolving and Thriving - Keeping Music Therapy Alive in a Pandemic World: The Royal Melbourne Hospital Music Therapy Response in 2020, E. O'Brien, J. Bedggood, and A. Ayling

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How Music May Support Perinatal Mental Health: An Overview, K. R. M. Sanfilippo, L. Stewart, and V. Glover

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Functional Electrical Stimulation+ipad-based Music Therapy for Upper Limb Recovery After Stroke: Study Protocol for a Mixed Methods Randomised Controlled Trial, Tanya Marie Silveira, Simone Dorsch, Grace Thompson, and Jeanette Tamplin

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Quantitative Comparison of Group-based Music Therapy Experiences in Adults With Substance Use Disorder on a Detoxification Unit: A Three-group Cluster-randomized Study, Michael J. Silverman

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When Youth Musicking Is Play, Leslie Stewart Rose and June Countryman

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How Singing Can Help People With Dementia and Their Family Care-partners: A Mixed Studies Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis, Thematic Synthesis, and Meta-integration, Zara Thompson, Felicity A. Baker, Jeanette Tamplin, and Imogen N. Clark

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Arts Engagement Trends in the United Kingdom and Their Mental and Social Wellbeing Implications: Hearts Survey, Urszula Tymoszuk, Neta Spiro, Rosie Perkins, Adele Mason-Bertrand, Kate Gee, and Aaron Williamon

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The Benefits of Community-based Participatory Arts Activities for People Living With Dementia: A Thematic Scoping Review, M. C. Ward, C. Milligan, E. Rose, M. Elliott, and B. R. Wainwright

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Exploring the Use of Music as an Intervention for Older People Living in Nursing Homes, H. Wijk, M. Neziraj, Å Nilsson, and E. J. Ung

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Biomarkers of Stress in Music Interventions: A Systematic Review, M. M. Wong, T. Tahir, M. M. Wong, A. Baron, and R. Finnerty

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The Effects of a Music and Singing Intervention During Pregnancy on Maternal Well-being and Mother-infant Bonding: A Randomised, Controlled Study, V. Wulff, P. Hepp, O. T. Wolf, P. Balan, C. Hagenbeck, T. Fehm, and N. K. Schaal

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Small Music Programs for Mental Health and Well-being: An Evaluation Framework, NaYoung Yang, Rosemary H. Jenkins, Elizabeth Dubois, Harumi Quezada-Yamamoto, Helen Ward, and Cornelia Junghans

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Music-based Intervention to Reduce Aggressive Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-analysis, P. Ye, Z. Huang, H. Zhou, and Q. Tang

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Expectancy Theory of Motivation and Substance Use Treatment: Implications for Music Therapy, Marshall Yoes and Michael J. Silverman

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They’re (not) Playing Our Song: (Ir)religious Identity Moderates the Effects of Listening to Religious Music on Memory, Self‐esteem, and Mood, Renate Ysseldyk, Talib Karamally, Ashleigh Kelly, Thomas A. Morton, and S. Alexander Haslam

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Effect of Music Intervention on Depression in Graduate Students, Pan Yuan Yuan, Sun Xiao Yun, Dang Yu Na, Meijun Chen, Lu Wang, and Lu Shen

Submissions from 2020

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Teaching Music to Support Students: How Autonomy-supportive Music Teachers Increase Students’ Well-being, Arielle Bonneville-Roussy, Emese Hruska, and Hayley Trower

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Passion at the Heart of Musicians’ Well-being, Arielle Bonneville-Roussy and Robert J. Vallerand

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Why Is Music Therapeutic for Neurological Disorders? the Therapeutic Music Capacities Model, O. Brancatisano, A. Baird, and W. F. Thompson

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Participatory Music-making and Well-being Within Immigrant Cultural Practice: Exploratory Case Studies in South East Queensland, Australia, Melissa Cain, Lauren Istvandity, and Ali Lakhani

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The Impact of a Community‐based Music Intervention on the Health and Well‐being of Young People: A Realist Evaluation, Francesca Caló, Artur Steiner, Stephen Millar, and Simon Teasdale

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Live and Recorded Group Music Interventions With Active Participation for People With Dementias: A Systematic Review, A. Clare and P. M. Camic

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Socially Inclusive Practices in the Music Classroom: The Impact of Music Education Used as a Vehicle to Engage Refugee Background Students, Renée Crawford

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Impact of Music on Oncology Hospital Staff’s Well-being, Céline Delerue and Sandra Rabusseau

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Empirical Analysis on the Intervention of Music Therapy on Mental Health of College Students, Yan Feng and Zhouyang Li

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Haven: Sharing Receptive Music Listening to Foster Connections and Wellbeing for People With Dementia Who Are Nearing the End of Life, and Those Who Care for Them, C. E. Garabedian and F. Kelly

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The Influence of Songwriting on Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: An Exploratory Study, Esther García-Valverde, Marta Badia, Mª Begoña Orgaz, and Elena Gónzalez-Ingelmo

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Receptive Music Therapy to Reduce Stress and Improve Wellbeing in Italian Clinical Staff Involved in Covid-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Study, Filippo Giordano, Elide Scarlata, Mariagrazia Baroni, Eleonora Gentile, Filomena Puntillo, Nicola Brienza, and Loreto Gesualdo

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The Influence of Postoperative Environment on Patient Pain and Satisfaction: A Randomized Trial, A. M. Hill, C. C. Crisp, A. Shatkin-Margolis, T. Tam, E. Yook, S. Kleeman, and R. N. Pauls

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Influence and Application of Music Education on Mental Health Improvement of College Students, Bo Jiang

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A Community Choir Intervention to Promote Well-being Among Diverse Older Adults: Results from the Community of Voices Trial, J. K. Johnson, A. L. Stewart, M. Acree, A. M. Nápoles, J. D. Flatt, W. B. Max, and S. E. Gregorich

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From Music Making to Affective Well-being in Everyday Life: The Mediating Role of Need Satisfaction, Friederike Koehler and Andreas B. Neubauer

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Effects of Student- and School-level Music Concert Attendance on Subjective Well-being: A Longitudinal Study of Korean Adolescents, Seulgi Kwon, Boungho Choi, and Soowon Park

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Finding Rhythms Made Me Find My Rhythm in Prison': The Role of a Music Program in Promoting Social Engagement and Psychological Well-being Among Inmates, Arabella Kyprianides and Matthew J. Easterbrook

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Knit One, Play One: Comparing the Effects of Amateur Knitting and Amateur Music Participation on Happiness and Wellbeing, Alexandra Lamont and Nellinne Antoinette Ranaweera

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Music Engagement and Well-being in Chinese Adolescents: Emotional Awareness, Positive Emotions, and Negative Emotions as Mediating Processes, Man Chong Leung and Rebecca Y. M. Cheung

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Musical Engagement and Subjective Wellbeing Amongst Men in the Third Age, Katarina Lindblad and Sam de Boise

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Vocal Music Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study, M. Y. Low, C. Lacson, F. Zhang, A. Kesslick, and J. Bradt

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An Evaluation of Workplace Choir Singing Amongst Health Service Staff in Ireland, Hilary Moss and Jessica O'Donoghue

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How Participatory Music Engagement Supports Mental Well-being: A Meta-ethnography, Rosie Perkins, Adele Mason-Bertrand, Daisy Fancourt, Louise Baxter, and Aaron Williamon

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Immediate Benefit of Art on Pain and Well-being in Community-dwelling Patients with Mild Alzheimer's, E. Pongan, F. Delphin-Combe, P. Krolak-Salmon, Y. Leveque, B. Tillmann, R. Bachelet, J. C. Getenet, N. Auguste, B. Trombert, J. M. Dorey, B. Laurent, and I. Rouch

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Effect of Music Therapy Intervention on Physical Functions and Mental Health of Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis, Yuan Qin

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Exploring Self-concept, Wellbeing and Distress in Therapeutic Songwriting Participants Following Acquired Brain Injury: A Case Series Analysis, Chantal Roddy, Nikki Rickard, Jeanette Tamplin, Young-Eun C. Lee, and Felicity Anne Baker

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Music Listening for Supporting Adolescents’ Sense of Agency in Daily Life, Suvi Helinä Saarikallio, William M. Randall, and Margarida Baltazar

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Community Psychosocial Music Intervention (CHIME) to Reduce Antenatal Common Mental Disorder Symptoms in the Gambia: A Feasibility Trial, K. R. M. Sanfilippo, B. McConnell, V. Cornelius, B. Darboe, H. B. Huma, M. Gaye, H. Ceesay, P. Ramchandani, I. Cross, V. Glover, and L. Stewart

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Lyric Analysis in Adult Mental Health Settings: An Exploratory Interpretivist Study of Music Therapists’ Clinical Decision-making Processes, Melody R. P. Schuldt and Michael J. Silverman

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Promoting Wellbeing and Health Through Active Participation in Music and Dance: A Systematic Review, Alexa Sheppard and Mary C. Broughton

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Use of GIM to Nurture Self-compassion in a Mental Health Nurse: A Case Study, Wei Wah Angela Shum

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Therapeutic Songwriting to Address Distress Tolerance for Adults on an Acute Care Mental Health Unit: A Pilot Study, Michael J. Silverman

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Music Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With Addictions in Covid-19 Pandemic, Dominikus David Biondi Situmorang

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Using Music Interventions in the Care of People With Dementia, A. Skingley, J. McCue, and T. Vella-Burrows

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Music-based Interventions in the Acute Setting for Patients With Dementia: A Systematic Review, L. Sousa, B. Dowson, O. McDermott, J. Schneider, and L. Fernandes

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Associations Between Health Behaviors and Factors on Markers of Healthy Psychological and Physiological Functioning: A Daily Diary Study, Jana Strahler, Urs M. Nater, and Nadine Skoluda

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Parkinsong: Outcomes of a 12-month Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Singing Groups in Parkinson's Disease, J. Tamplin, M. E. Morris, C. Marigliani, F. A. Baker, G. Noffs, and A. P. Vogel

Submissions from 2019

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Songwriting for Nature: Increasing Nature Connection and Well-being Through Musical Creativity, Katherine D. Arbuthnott and Glenn C. Sutter

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MAP: A Personalized Receptive Music Therapy Intervention to Improve the Affective Well-being of Youths Hospitalized in a Mental Health Unit, Kim Archambault, Karole Vaugon, Valérie Deumié, Myriam Brault, Rocio Macabena Perez, Julien Peyrin, Guylaine Vaillancourt, and Patricia Garel

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Make a Joyful Noise: Integrating Music Into Child Psychiatry Evaluation and Treatment, J. Q. Bostic, C. R. Thomas, E. V. Beresin, A. L. Rostain, and D. L. Kaye

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When I Grow Down – Music, Spirituality and Memory Loss: A Performative Lecture on Aging, June Boyce-Tillman