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Music therapy for adolescents with a history of childhood trauma: a narrative review and recommendations for practice
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Murphy, Kathleen, Zhang, Jingwen, Stuart-Rohm, Karyn
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Spring 2025
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2025-05
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that have occurred in childhood that
include physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, as well as household dysfunction, such as parental
divorce, parental incarceration, domestic violence, living with an adult with mental illness, or
having a parent that uses or misuses substances. This original ACE scale has been expanded in
recent years to include more areas of trauma, such as socioeconomic status, medical trauma, peer
isolation or rejection, and community violence. Medical professionals can use this ACE scale to
understand why some people experience certain mental and physical ailments throughout their
lives. Studies have begun emerging to examine the possible effects of music therapy as a
treatment tool for adolescents who have experienced childhood trauma. This narrative review
screened a total of 88 studies and analyzes and synthesizes the results of three existing studies
using music therapy as treatment for this population. The findings suggest that music therapy
shows potential to alleviate the symptoms of childhood trauma during an adolescent’s life.
Keywords: Music therapy, childhood trauma, adverse childhood experiences, adolescents
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