ABSTRACT
Over the last decade, music and music therapy approaches have been increasingly reported in the literature as playing a valuable role in the rehabilitation of people with substance use disorder (SUD). Music therapy is especially suitable to substance abuse treatment because of its ability to motivate and engage clients with SUD (Cevasco, Kennedy, & Generally, 2005; De l’Etoile,2002; Dingle, Gleadhill, & Baker,2008; Gallagher Steele, 2002; Ghetti,2004; Silverman,2009), counteract isolation Soshensky, 2001), elicit surfacing of emotions and positive mood changes (Baker, Gleadhill & Dingle, 2007; De l’Etoile, 2002; Ghetti, 2004; Jones, 2005; Soshensky, 2001), decrease stress and anxiety (Cevasco et al., 2005; Hammer, 1996; Silverman, 2003), and decrease impulsivity (Silverman, 2003). The types of music activities that have been used in treatment for substance abuse include guided relaxation, lyric analysis, songwriting, 322singing, instrument playing such as drumming, and improvisation on a particular theme (Silverman, 2003).
