“…Despite promising developments in medical treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation, there are growing calls for other, more effective approaches to help and support people with psychosis (Bentall, 2009; Fledderus, Bohlmeijer, Smit, & Westerhof, 2010; Herrman, Saxena, & Moodie, 2005; Slade, 2009). Within the last decade, outcome studies have documented positive effects of music therapy on symptoms and functioning for people diagnosed with schizophrenia and the wider condition of psychosis (Gold, Solli, Krüger, & Lie, 2009; Gold et al, 2013; Mössler, Chen, Heldal, & Gold, 2011). As a consequence of this emerging evidence base, music therapy is now being recommended in national treatment guidelines for people with psychosis in UK and Norway (National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, 2010; The Norwegian Directorate of Health, 2013).…”