• Chronic and severe substance abuse
• A diagnosis of psychosis
• Repeated suicidal behaviour
• Incapacity to complete self-administered questionnaires with
assistance from researcher
• Receiving any other treatments or therapies outside of standard care
which may interfere with music in mind. Patients who are in receipt
of another creative therapy
• Inability to attend music therapy sessions at a Tier 3 facility
• Previously involved in music in mind
• Non-consent