Low Intensity Interventions for Psychological Symptoms Following Mass Trauma

Mental Health of Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-97046-2_17 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 341-356 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katie S. Dawson ◽

Atif Rahman

Keyword(s):

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Mass Trauma ◽

Low Intensity

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Intervention and Resilience After Mass Trauma

10.1017/cbo9780511585975 ◽

2008 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Keyword(s):

Mass Trauma

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Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Psychiatrische Pflege ◽

10.1024/2297-6965/a000073 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 31-36

Author(s):

Pascal Wabnitz ◽

Michael Schulz ◽

Michael Löhr ◽

André Nienaber

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽

Behavioral Therapy ◽

Cognitive Behavioral ◽

Low Intensity

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“Music First”

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000180 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 17-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dane L. Shiltz ◽

Tara T. Lineweaver ◽

Tim Brimmer ◽

Alex C. Cairns ◽

Danielle S. Halcomb ◽

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Keyword(s):

Usual Care ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Care Facility ◽

Care Group ◽

Music Listening ◽

Term Care ◽

Antipsychotic Medications ◽

Risk Of Death ◽

Extended Care ◽

Individualized Music

Abstract. Existing research has primarily evaluated music therapy (MT) as a means of reducing the negative affect, behavioral, and/or cognitive symptoms of dementia. Music listening (ML), on the other hand, offers a less-explored, potentially equivalent alternative to MT and may further reduce exposure to potentially harmful psychotropic medications traditionally used to manage negative behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). This 5-month prospective, naturalistic, interprofessional, single-center extended care facility study compared usual care (45 residents) and usual care combined with at least thrice weekly personalized ML sessions (47 residents) to determine the influence of ML. Agitation decreased for all participants (p < .001), and the ML residents receiving antipsychotic medications at baseline experienced agitation levels similar to both the usual care group and the ML patients who were not prescribed antipsychotics (p < .05 for medication × ML interaction). No significant changes in psychotropic medication exposure occurred. This experimental study supports ML as an adjunct to pharmacological approaches to treating agitation in older adults with dementia living in long-term care facilities. It also highlights the need for additional research focused on how individualized music programs affect doses and frequencies of antipsychotic medications and their associated risk of death and cerebrovascular events in this population.

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