Destigmatizing Mental Illness: Music Therapy in the Clinical Outpatient Realm

• By: Ariel Avissar, MA, MT-BC, LCAT Joel Layton, BA, CPS South Beach Psychiatric Center
• April 18th, 2023
• mental health stigma, Music Therapy, psychotherapy, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction, treatment
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Destigmatizing mental illness through the power of music in clinical mental health treatment therapy combined with peer support can be beneficial to achieving transformation within the current paradigm in mental health. The effects of stigma are felt most by disregarded communities who tend to be...