Adolescents and Young Adults with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Music Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Denise Chrysostomo Suzuki; Barbara  Soares da Silva; Janayna  Araújo Viana; Paulo Roberto  Suzuki; Rafael  Annunciato Neto; Maria Sylvia  de Souza Vitalle

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.13608

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Denise Chrysostomo Suzuki Federal University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1846-1935
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Funding Acquisition
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Resources
- Software
- Supervision
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Barbara Soares da Silva Federal University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7067-5594
- Writing – Review & Editing
Janayna Araújo Viana Federal University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8855-5056
- Validation
Paulo Roberto Suzuki EMIND Atividades Integrativas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1919-3784
- Conceptualization
Rafael Annunciato Neto Federal University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5065-8244
- Methodology
Maria Sylvia de Souza Vitalle Federal University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-4250
- Conceptualization
- Funding Acquisition
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Resources
- Supervision
- Writing – Review & Editing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.13608

Keywords:

music therapy, Adolescent, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, social vulnerability, public health

Abstract

This study highlights the relevance of music therapy as an integrative approach to addressing post-traumatic stress disorder among adolescents and young people. Objective: To explore the perceptions of adolescents, young adults, and therapists regarding the role of music therapy in the treatment of trauma. Methodology: A qualitative systematic review was conducted, focusing on studies involving adolescents aged 10–19 years (World Health Organization) and young adults aged 20–24 years. The review synthesized music therapy interventions, therapeutic objectives, and main outcomes across diverse populations and settings, both nationally and internationally, and also examined the perceptions of participants, therapists, and researchers regarding music therapy in trauma treatment. A total of 819 titles were identified, with 13 articles included in the review. Findings indicated that music therapy promotes self-expression, rebuilds self-esteem, strengthens social bonds, alleviates anxiety symptoms, and enhances emotional resilience, thereby contributing to post-traumatic growth. Adolescents and young adults emphasized the significance of music therapy as a distinctive therapeutic approach, in which music and musical practice played a central role in achieving the objectives of post-traumatic stress disorder treatment.

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Author Biographies

Denise Chrysostomo Suzuki, Federal University of São Paulo

PhD in Education and Health in Childhood and Adolescence from the Federal University of São Paulo (2021). Master of Science in Public Health from the Department of Collective Health, Federal University of São Paulo / Paulista School of Medicine (2020). Neurologic Music Therapist, certified by the Robert F. Unkefer Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy (2020). Postgraduate specialization in Adolescence for Multidisciplinary Teams, Adolescent Medicine Unit, Federal University of São Paulo (2018). Bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy from Faculdade Paulista de Artes (2009). Clinical Music Therapist and researcher in the field of neurologic music therapy.

Maria Sylvia de Souza Vitalle, Federal University of São Paulo

She graduated in Medicine from the University of Mogi das Cruzes (1982), earned a Master’s degree in Pediatrics from the Federal University of São Paulo / Unifesp (1994), and a PhD in Medicine from Unifesp (2001). She has been a member of the Department of Adolescence of the São Paulo Pediatric Society (SPSP) since 1991, and has served as Head of the Adolescent Medicine Unit at Unifesp since 2007. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Paulista School of Medicine, Unifesp, and a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Education and Health in Childhood and Adolescence at Unifesp (Area 46 – Education, CAPES) since 2009.

She advises Master’s and Doctoral students in the Graduate Program in Education and Health in Childhood and Adolescence in the following research lines: (1) Physical, emotional, and intellectual integrity of children and adolescents (Master’s); (2) Issues related to childhood and adolescence in the training of educators and health professionals (Master’s); and (3) Education and Health in Childhood and Adolescence: chronic problems and current perspectives (Doctorate), within the Thematic Project “Vulnerabilities and Schooling Processes,” whose Thematic Core is “Vulnerabilities and risks in comprehensive and interdisciplinary care for adolescents.”

She has been a member of the Center for Transdisciplinary Education (CETRANS) since 2012 and of the International Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH) since 2012. She served as Vice-President of the Department of Adolescence of SPSP in the 2013–2016 term and has been a member of the Confederación de Adolescencia y Juventud de Iberoamérica y el Caribe since 2013. She is the leader of the Research Group “Comprehensive and Interdisciplinary Adolescent Care.”

Her expertise is in Medicine, with an emphasis on Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, focusing mainly on the following topics: adolescent medicine, adolescent health, adolescence, adolescent behavior, nutrition and diet, growth and development, sexuality, vulnerabilities, teaching, and education.