The Application of Music Therapy in Female Amphetamine Use Disorder

The Intervention of Group Therapy: Music in Mood Problems of Female Amphetamine Use Disorder

The group music therapy will be used to treat female amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) addiction

Amphetamine addicts are often accompanied by severe emotional problems and are difficult to control and regulate negative emotions by themselves.And the emotional problems are high risk factors of addicts relapse. Music therapy as the intervention is in order to improve amphetamine addicts' emotional status and the ability of emotion regulation. Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS), Self-rating Anxiety scale(SAS) will be used to investigate the emotion of participants. These methods will also be used to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• In accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) for methamphetamine (MA) use disorder
• Junior high school degree or above
• Normal vision and hearing
• Have emotional problem

Exclusion Criteria:

• Other substance abuse or dependence in recent a years (except nicotine)
• Mental impairment, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) < 70
• Mental disorders
• Physical disease