Assessment of Music Experiences in Navigating Depression Part 2

Assessment of Music Experiences in Navigating Depression (AMEND)

This study is again looking at the use of music and music therapy experiences in navigating depression. The researchers will provide 11 sessions of music therapy and half will be followed by recitals at the Third Street School Music Settlement where the kids enrolled in our study will observe and interact with the performers and discuss and reflect on anxiety and performance and how sharing personal creativity affects them intra and interpersonally.

The researchers will provide hourly weekly music therapy sessions and then go to the Third Street Music School and work with their kids and our kids providing insights and feedback. The researchers will test their depression (CDI) and Resilience (Connor Davidson)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must indicate depression -or symptoms thereof by parent in writing
• We are including children only in Amend II

Exclusion Criteria:

- none