This paper explores the use of music therapy in a program for drug and alcohol abuse patients in a private psychiatric hospital in New York City. The short-term and intensive detoxification and rehabilitation program is described, features of chemical addiction are explained, and the application of music to facilitate group process is presented. The efficacy of music therapy as another form of self-help group in substance abuse rehabilitation, critical in this type of treatment, is described.
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