Music therapy as group singing improves Geriatric Depression Scale score and loneliness in institutionalized geriatric adults with mild depression: A randomized controlled study

Music therapy as group singing improves Geriatric Depression Scale score and loneliness in institutionalized geriatric adults with mild depression: A randomized controlled study

Aims: This study was conducted with an aim to evaluate the effect of group music therapy in the form of group singing, led by a music therapist, on depressive symptoms and loneliness in institutionalized geriatric individuals having mild depression. Settings and Design: The study was conducted as a...

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Main Authors: Divya Mathew, Sumathy Sundar, Easwaran Subramaniam, Parin N Parmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches
Subjects:
Complementary therapies
depression
depressive disorder
geriatric psychiatry
music therapy
Online Access:http://www.ijeprjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2395-2296;year=2017;volume=3;issue=1;spage=6;epage=10;aulast=Mathew

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