Mental health difficulties are connected with major interpersonal and socialchallenges. Recent qualitative research indicates that music therapy canfacilitate many of the core elements found to promote social recovery andsocial inclusion, findings also reflected in results from a growing body ofeffect studies. The objective of this study was to explore how music therapymight afford possibilities for social recovery to one man with psychosisadmitted to a psychiatric intensive care unit. This was achieved by means ofa qualitative case study featuring a description of the music therapeuticprocess alongside first-hand accounts of the participant’s subjective experiences.The data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis(IPA). The findings are presented in a narrative form reflecting processesand activities considered particularly important for the process of socialrecovery. Theoretical perspectives from the recovery literature and currentperspectives in music therapy are discussed with a view to the possible useof music therapy for strengthening agency, (re)building identity, developingpositive relationships, and expanding social networks.
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