Integrative Music Therapy for Depression-related Disorders (iMTDep) – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Esa Ala-Ruona, Tiia-Liina Raittila, Marianne Taipale, Nandhini Natarajan, Martin Hartmann, Anastasios Mavrolampados, Alessandro Ansani, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Jaakko Erkkilä

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DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09864-4
Published: 2026-06-19
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s13063-026-09864-4,
  title = {Integrative Music Therapy for Depression-related Disorders (iMTDep) – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial},
  author = {Esa Ala-Ruona and Tiia-Liina Raittila and Marianne Taipale and Nandhini Natarajan and Martin Hartmann and Anastasios Mavrolampados and Alessandro Ansani and Eliisa Löyttyniemi and Jaakko Erkkilä},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Trials},
  doi = {10.1186/s13063-026-09864-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-09864-4}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Integrative Music Therapy for Depression-related Disorders (iMTDep) – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
AU  - Esa Ala-Ruona
AU  - Tiia-Liina Raittila
AU  - Marianne Taipale
AU  - Nandhini Natarajan
AU  - Martin Hartmann
AU  - Anastasios Mavrolampados
AU  - Alessandro Ansani
AU  - Eliisa Löyttyniemi
AU  - Jaakko Erkkilä
PY  - 2026
JO  - Trials
DO  - 10.1186/s13063-026-09864-4
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Ala-Ruona, E., Raittila, T., Taipale, M., Natarajan, N., Hartmann, M., Mavrolampados, A., Ansani, A., Löyttyniemi, E., & Erkkilä, J. (2026). Integrative Music Therapy for Depression-related Disorders (iMTDep) – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-09864-4

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