Psychobiological Stress Regulation in Depressive Women Achieved Through Group Music Therapy: Results From the Randomised-Controlled Music Therapy for Depression Study.

ABSTRACT: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a stress-related disease that affects women more often than men. Music therapy (MT) has been shown to be effective in the treatment of MDD. However, clinical trials investigating the effects of MT on psychological and psychobiological stress-related outcomes in women suffering from MDD are still scarce. This study was conducted as a randomised controlled trial, with participants assigned to either an intervention group (IG), which received group MT (GMT), or a waitlist control group (CG), which received GMT 6 months later. The primary objective was to assess the impact of GMT on psychological stress outcomes (chronic stress, stress coping, and stress experienced in daily life) and psychobiological stress markers (diurnal salivary cortisol levels and circa

SUBMITTER: Gaebel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11929563 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature