"Music as bridge between strengths and difficulties: Preventing mental ill-health through early identification and early intervention in adolescence"

Music, Violence and Music Therapy with Young People in Schools: A Position Paper

Katrina Skewes McFerran, Andreas Wölfl

<jats:p>Music therapists have rarely involved themselves in the discourse linking music and violence.  Instead, representatives of..

Group Music Therapy as a Preventive Intervention for Young People at Risk: Cluster-Randomized Trial

Christian Gold, Suvi Saarikallio, Alexander Hew Dale Crooke, Katrina Skewes McFerran

2017-06-01

Background: Music forms an important part of the lives and identities of adolescents and may have positive or negative mental heal..

A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Literature Linking Music and Adolescent Mental Health

Katrina Skewes McFerran, Sandra Garrido, Suvi Saarikallio

2016-07-01

There is a diverse literature that explores the relationship between youth, music, and mental health, with few attempts at systema..

Development and validation of the Healthy-Unhealthy Music Scale

Suvi Saarikallio, Christian Gold, Katrina McFerran

2015-11-01

BACKGROUND: Music is an integral part of life in youth, and although it has been acknowledged that musical behavior reflects broad..

Präventive Gruppenmusiktherapie-Programme in Schulen: Umgang mit Gewalt und Förderung eines friedlichen Miteinanders (Preventative group music therapy programs in schools: Promoting being peace together and addressing violence)

K MCFERRAN, A Woelfl

2015-01-01

Depending on music to feel better: Being conscious of responsibility when appropriating the power of music

Katrina Skewes McFerran, Suvi Saarikallio

2014-02-01

This study explores the beliefs held by young people about the power of music to help them feel better during challenging times. P..