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This commentary is meant to provide some food for thought about the concept of the underlying mechanisms of music therapy in dementia and mental health care. It introduces what the term “mechanism” usually indicates in music therapy (MT) research literature. Then it highlights the need to consider multiple types of evidence when referring/one refers to “underlying mechanism” in music therapy research and provides a reference to an investigation about of the role of music therapy in reducing behavioural issues with dementia clients, where a mixed method is used to describe the multifaceted nature of these underlying mechanisms.
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Pizziolo, P. (2021). Introducing Mechanisms of Music Therapy for People with Dementia: A Commentary to Music Therapy Chapter by Carr and Windle. In: Volpe, U. (eds) Arts Therapies in Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76208-7_10
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