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This chapter adopts a more personal, reflective approach, exploring the author’s own experiences of using music in mental health settings. It begins by tracing the development of music therapy, the role of evidence-based practice in arts activities and value for money versus the so-called ‘wow factor’. It outlines the Music Workshop Project as an example of practice-based evidence, discussing the project’s organic shift from a ‘therapy’ model towards a ‘community music’ model. It compares the community music movement with community mental health care and considers how to get creative projects started. A typical session is described in detail and the chapter concludes by reviewing how the project ended, linking this to the sigmoid curve as a model of the natural rise and decline of projects.
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Gillam, T. (2018). Music and Mental Health Practice. In: Creativity, Wellbeing and Mental Health Practice. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74884-9_6
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