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. 2020 Feb 27;11:324. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00324

Table 1.

Included studies.

References Title Country of study Search terms
Alanne (2010) Music psychotherapy with refugee survivors of torture: interpretations of three clinical case studies Finland Guided Imagery and Music + trauma
Beck et al. (2018) Feasibility of trauma-focused Guided Imagery and Music with adult refugees diagnosed with PTSD: a pilot study Denmark Guided Imagery and Music + trauma
Bensimon et al. (2012) A pendulum between trauma and life: group music therapy with post-traumatized soldiers Israel Music + trauma
Bensimon et al. (2017) The emotional impact of national music on young and older adults differing in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms Israel Music + PTSD
Blanaru et al. (2012) The effects of music relaxation and muscle relaxation techniques on sleep quality and emotional measures among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder Israel Guided Imagery and Music + trauma
Bolger (2015) Being a player: understanding collaboration in participatory music projects with communities supporting marginalized young people Australia Songwriting + Out of home care
Carr et al. (2012) Group music therapy for patients with persistent post-traumatic stress disorder - an exploratory randomized controlled trial with mixed methods evaluation U.K. Music + trauma
Christenbury (2017) I will follow you: the combined use of songwriting and art to promote healing in a child who has been traumatized U.S.A. Songwriting + abuse
Colegrove et al. (2018) Pilot randomized controlled trial of Tuning Relationships with Music: intervention for parents with a trauma history and their adolescent Australia Music + trauma
Day et al. (2009) Experiences of song writing in a group programme for mothers who had experienced childhood abuse Australia Songwriting + trauma
der Heyde and Christine (2012) Interpersonal rhythms disrupted by a history of trauma: an in-depth case study of analytical music therapy U.S.A. Improvisation + trauma
Fairchild (2018) Collaborative songwriting with children experiencing homelessness and family violence to understand their resources Australia Songwriting + abuse
Faulkner (2017) Rhythm2Recovery: a model of practice combining rhythmic music with cognitive reflection for social and emotional health within trauma recovery Australia Music + trauma
Felsenstein (2013) From uprooting to replanting: on post-trauma group music therapy for pre-school children Israel Music + trauma
Flores (2013) African drumming as a medium to promote emotional and social well-being of children aged 7 to 12 in residential care Drum + foster care
Gerber et al. (2014) Children after war: a novel approach to promoting resilience through music U.S.A. Music + PTSD
Graham (2011) Effect of music therapy on the emotional expressivity of children and adolescents who have experienced abuse or neglect U.S.A. Songwriting + abuse
Greene et al. (2009) The use of expressive therapies and social support with youth in foster care: the performing arts troupe U.S.A. Drum + foster care
Hannigan and McBride (2011) Drumming with intimate partner violence clients: getting into the beat; therapists' views on the use of drumming in family violence treatment groups Canada Drumming + trauma
Hunter and Rosevear (2011) Evaluating a creative arts program designed for children who have been sexually abused Australia Drum + Foster care
Jespersen and Vuust (2012b) The effect of relaxation music listening on sleep quality in traumatized refugees: a pilot study Denmark Music + trauma
Jespersen and Vuust (2012a) Music for improvement of trauma-related sleep problems Denmark Music + trauma
Kim (2013) Music therapy with children who have been exposed to ongoing child abuse and poverty: a pilot study South Korea Music + abuse
Neupane and Taylor (2011) Music therapy for incarcerated women recovering from trauma and abuse U.S.A. Music + trauma
Osborne (2012) Neuroscience and “real world” practice: music as a therapeutic resource for children in zones of conflict U.K. Music + PTSD
Palidofsky and Stolbach (2012) Dramatic healing: the evolution of a trauma-informed musical theater program for incarcerated girls U.S.A. Songs + trauma
Precin (2011) Occupation as therapy for trauma recovery: a case study U.S.A. Songs + trauma
Reeves (2013) How music and lyrics protect and heal the souls of African women who have experienced domestic-violence trauma, sexual abuse, or depression: a phenomenological study Music + trauma
Rudstam et al. (2017) Trauma-focused group music and imagery with women suffering from PTSD/complex PTSD: a feasibility study Sweden Music + trauma
Salmon and Rickaby (2014) City of one: a qualitative study examining the participation of young people in care in a theater and music initiative U.K. Music + foster care
Schrader and Wendland (2012) Music therapy programming at an aftercare center in cambodia for survivors of child sexual exploitation and rape and their caregivers U.S.A. Songwriting + trauma
Story and Beck (2017) Guided Imagery and Music with female military veterans: an intervention development study Denmark Music + PTSD
Strehlow (2009) The use of music therapy in treating sexually abused children Germany Music + trauma
Sutton and De Backer (2009) Music, trauma and silence: the state of the art U.K. and Belgium Music + trauma
Wellman and Pinkerton (2015) The development of a music therapy protocol: a music 4 life® case report of a veteran with PTSD U.S.A. Drumming + trauma
Zanders (2015) Music therapy practices and processes with foster-care youth: formulating an approach to clinical work U.S.A. Music + foster care