Letters
Managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia
Music as a person centred intervention for dementia
BMJ 2022; 376 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o518 (Published 01 March 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;376:o518
- Laura M Bolton, music therapist, older people mental health1,
- Jessica Jiang, research psychologist2,
- Jason D Warren, professor of neurology2
- 1NHS Lothian Arts Therapies Service, Edinburgh, UK
- 2Dementia Research Centre, University College London, London, UK
- jason.warren{at}ucl.ac.uk
In their review of person centred interventions for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia, Watt and colleagues do not foreground an intervention of high relevance to many people living with the disease: music.1
Evidence from meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials23 suggests that music based therapeutic interventions in dementia can reduce depressive symptoms and ameliorate …
Log in
Log in using your username and password
Log in through your institution
Subscribe from £173 *
Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
* For online subscription
Access this article for 1 day for:
£38 / $45 / €42 (excludes VAT)
You can download a PDF version for your personal record.