Making Music Videos As a Coping Mechanism for Cancer

January 28, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments

This is a new kind of music therapy. From the BBC:

Music therapy can help teenagers and young people cope better when faced with treatment for cancer, a study in Cancer journal suggests.

American researchers followed the experiences of a group of patients aged 11-24 as they produced a music video over three weeks.

They found the patients gained resilience and improved relationships with family and friends.

All the patients were undergoing high-risk stem-cell transplant treatments.

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