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Making music for mental health: how group drumming mediates recovery

  • Perkins R
  • Ascenso S
  • Atkins L
  • et al.
Psychology of Well-Being (2016) 6(1)
DOI: 10.1186/s13612-016-0048-0
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Abstract

While music-making interventions are increasingly recognised as enhancing mental health, little is known of why music may engender such benefit. The objective of this article is to elucidate the features of a programme of group drumming known to enable mental health recovery.

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Perkins, R., Ascenso, S., Atkins, L., Fancourt, D., & Williamon, A. (2016). Making music for mental health: how group drumming mediates recovery. Psychology of Well-Being, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13612-016-0048-0

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