NCT05723328

Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR) on Internalized Stigma

The Effect of a Group Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR) on Internalized Stigma in Adult Psychiatric Inpatients in Acute Care

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hackensack Meridian Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will use a systematic music therapy intervention on patients with mental illness trying to help them with their internalized stigma.

Detailed description

The primary objective of this study is to determine the effect of a systematic music therapy intervention on internalized stigma of mental illness. The secondary objective is to evaluate the potential for the treatment effect to vary across subject diagnostic categories. This study will also examine the ability of the treatment effect to persist after 3 weeks as an exploratory objective. Data collection will be conducted in the Acute Care Unit (ACU) of Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic (HMHCC) over a period of ten months. Subjects will be drawn from the pool of patients admitted to the HMHCC ACU during that time. Adults aged 18-65 with severe mental illness with a diagnosis of bipolar or a related disorder, depressive or anxiety disorder, or schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version 5 (DSM-5 : 5th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), of prolonged duration with a significant degree of disability or social dysfunction (Ruggeri et al., 2000) are eligible to participate. Eligible participants must be able to provide informed consent as determined by the doctor.

Conditions

• Mental Health Issues
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depressive
• Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
• Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Group Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR)	Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR) is a sequence of group music therapy song-writing and recording sessions framed as a mental health awareness project to be shared with the general public.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-25
• Primary completion: 2023-04-26
• Completion: 2023-04-26
• First posted: 2023-02-10
• Last updated: 2024-07-05
• Results posted: 2024-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States