Complementary and alternative therapies

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Music therapy

A single study examined the efficacy of music-therapy as an adjunct to outpatient AOD treatment among 12 people with PTSD and AOD use disorders, where music therapy involved psychoeducation, breathing/singing exercises, and attentional control training. In this trial, Hakvoort and colleagues [1396] found that six, one-hour sessions of music therapy reduced PTSD symptoms relative to before treatment. Moreover, 83% of people remained abstinent at the end of treatment, with no reports of relapse or AOD cravings, although 50% of people dropped out of the study.