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To synthesize the evidence base and evaluate the efficacy of music therapy and music medicine when added to usual care across a range of psychiatric disorders.

December 13, 2024BJPsych OpenOpen Access

Evidence for music therapy and music medicine in psychiatry: transdiagnostic meta-review of meta-analyses

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To synthesize the evidence base and evaluate the efficacy of music therapy and music medicine when added to usual care across a range of psychiatric disorders.
Conducted a systematic search across four scientific databases to identify meta-analyses evaluating music interventions for autism, dementia, depression, insomnia, schizophrenia, and substance use disorders.
Appraised review quality using AMSTAR-2, re-pooled primary study data from high-quality meta-analyses to calculate standardized mean differences (SMD), and rated certainty of evidence via GRADE.
Transdiagnostic pooling demonstrated significant symptom reduction for depression (SMD = 0.57, 95% CI 0.36–0.78) and anxiety (SMD = 0.47, 95% CI 0.27–0.66).
Quality of life significantly improved across conditions (SMD = 0.47, 95% CI 0.24–0.71), but benefits were not sustained at follow-up and overall evidence certainty was rated as low or very low.

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Systematic meta-review reveals music therapy improves depression and anxiety in psychiatric disorders, indicating promising adjunctive value despite low evidence certainty.

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Lassner et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fe7a39d8476229fea35ba3 https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.826

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Systematic meta-review reveals music therapy improves depression and anxiety in psychiatric disorders, indicating promising adjunctive value despite low evidence certainty.

Evidence for music therapy and music medicine in psychiatry: transdiagnostic meta-review of meta-analyses

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Evidence for music therapy and music medicine in psychiatry: transdiagnostic meta-review of meta-analyses

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