Music and Psychoactive Substances: Cultural Practices, Adolescent Development and Music Therapy in Addiction Treatment
IntechOpen eBooks March 18, 2026 Jörg Fachner, Filippo Pasqualitto, Clemens Maidhof
Music and psychoactive substances play a key role in forming identity during adolescence. Grasping the historical, neurobiological, and clinical aspects of this relationship is crucial for exploring how music therapy (MT) can support recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). In this chapter, the discussion begins by framing adolescent risk-taking, including substance experimentation, as a way...