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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/90667, first published .
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Music Therapy for Reduction of Anhedonia: Protocol for a Sequential Mixed Methods Pre-Post Pilot Study

Music Therapy for Reduction of Anhedonia: Protocol for a Sequential Mixed Methods Pre-Post Pilot Study

Katrina Skewes McFerran   1 , PhD ;   Alec John Jamieson   2 , PhD ;   Yasmin Blunck   3, 4 , PhD ;   Rebecca Glarin   4, 5 ;   Jamie Elliott   3, 4 ;   Kirsten Byrony Hillman   1 , PhD ;   Lucy Elizabeth Bolger   1 , PhD

1 Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne, Southbank, Victoria, Australia

2 Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

3 Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

4 Melbourne Brain Centre Imaging Unit, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

5 Department of Radiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Corresponding Author:

  • Katrina Skewes McFerran, PhD
  • Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
  • The University of Melbourne
  • St Kilda Road
  • Southbank, Victoria 3006
  • Australia
  • Phone: 61 407350251
  • Email: k.mcferran@unimelb.edu.au