In Two Steps: Music Therapy Research for Chronic Pain

Creative Forces / SCIMITAR discussion · June 17, 2026

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Personal description of chronic pain

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A study participant (veteran) described persistent pain as a deep, ongoing experience that affects spirit and mood, saying it can feel like being "in a deep hole" and that attempts to cope sometimes make the experience worse.

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A discussion and testimony about Creative Forces, an NEA-funded program that embeds creative arts therapists in VA and military settings and the SCIMITAR clinical trial testing music interventions for veterans with chronic pain and PTSD. Speakers described therapy steps, early patient experiences, and research aims including cost-effectiveness and physiological measures.

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