Depression
Music therapy has also been shown to be an effective treatment modality for adolescents suffering from depression. Not only can listening to music effect brain activity and physiological responses that can positively impact adolescents’ affect, a number of studies have also demonstrated how employing a cognitive-behavioral music therapy approach – using music to change dysfunctional or negative thinking and behaviors – and incorporating music therapy techniques into cognitive behavioral group therapy work with depressed and grieving adolescents can be a highly effective treatment modality.
References:
- Field, T., Martinez, A., Nawrocki, T., Pickens, J., Fox, N. A., & Schanberg, S. (1998). Music shifts frontal EEG in depressed adolescents. Adolescence, 33(129), 109–116.
- Dingle, G.A., Hodges, J., & Kunde, A. (2016). Tuned in emotion regulation program using music listening: Effectiveness for adolescents in educational settings. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, article 859.
- Gaffney, D. (2002). Seasons of grief: Helping children grow through loss. In J. Lowey & A. Hara (Eds.), Caring for the caregiver: The use of music and music therapy in grief and trauma (pp.54-62). Silver Springs, MD: American Music Therapy Association.
- Hendricks, C. B. (2001). A study of the use of music therapy techniques in a group for the treatment of adolescent depression. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62(2-A).
- Standley, J.M., Johnson, C.M., Robb, S.L., Brownell, M.D., & Kim, S. (2004). Behavioral approach to music therapy. In A.Darrow (Ed.), Introduction to approaches in music therapy (pp.103-124). Silver Springs, M.D: American Music Therapy Association.