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The effects of music therapy on reducing agitation in patients with Alzheimer's disease, a pre-post study

✍ Scribed by Maryam Zare; Azizeh Afkham Ebrahimi; Behrooz Birashk

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
64 KB
Volume
25
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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✦ Synopsis

A Memory Clinic model set up to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's Disease early in the course of the illness delayed time to institutionalisation by a median of 9 months compared to controls. Treatment included pre and post diagnostic counselling, and psychosocial interventions.

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