Course
MUSC-480-DC1 Senior Inquiry
Document Type
Student Paper
Publication Date
2018
Disciplines
Music | Psychology
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
Depression and loneliness are significant psychological symptoms that often go unnoticed in older adults. Group music therapy with older adults provides an opportunity to alleviate depression through shared music making, reminiscing, and forming new connections with other individuals. This paper explores the implications of using music therapy to alleviate depression in an older adult population as found in prior research on this topic, advocating for group music therapy over individual therapy as a means to establish connections during old age.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Gohl, Rebekah. "The Effect of Group Music Therapy on Alleviating Depression in Older Adults" (2018). Music: Student Scholarship & Creative Works.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/muscstudent/6
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.