Singing in groups shown to promote recovery, improve mental health
Posted 18 January 2018 - 16:45
Singing in groups could help improve patients’ mental health, according to research by the University of East Anglia.
Researchers followed 120 members of the Sing Your Heart Out project, based in Norfolk, for six months.
The group was formed at Hellesdon psychiatric hospital in Norwich in 2005 before becoming a community-based project running four workshops a week.
Researchers conducted interviews and focus groups with participants, organisers and workshop leaders.
of the people attending free community singing workshops in Norfolk have had contact with mental health services.
Source: BMJ Medical Humanities
They found people who took part maintained or improved their mental health and that the combination of singing and socialising was an essential part of recovery.
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