Music therapy and depression

A randomized case-control trial of a Finnish university shows that music therapy benefits depressive patients when added to standard treatment. The reason would be that it promotes the expression of feeling and emotions.

In this case, music therapy did not replace conventional treatment, but contributed to it as an added value.

The music therapy intervention consisted of musical improvisation in an individual session with the music therapist.

http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/199/2/132.full?sid=8f693384-6aa4-45df-bded-a7ea3a95bb2d