The multidisciplinary approach to Alzheimer's disease and dementia. A narrative review of non-pharmacological treatment

C Zucchella, E Sinforiani, S Tamburin… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia are chronic diseases with progressive
deterioration of cognition, function, and behavior leading to severe disability and death. The …

An overview of systematic reviews of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

SM Dyer, SL Harrison, K Laver… - International …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Background: This systematic overview reports findings from systematic reviews of
randomized controlled trials of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for …

Tourism as a dementia treatment based on positive psychology

J Wen, D Zheng, H Hou, I Phau, W Wang - Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
No research in tourism or medicine has addressed the potential relationship between travel
and the medical treatment of dementia. Given tourism's increasingly important role in …

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

J Cerejeira, L Lagarto… - Frontiers in neurology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), also known as
neuropsychiatric symptoms, represent a heterogeneous group of non-cognitive symptoms …

Deprescribing antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and insomnia: evidence-based clinical practice guideline

LM Bjerre, B Farrell, M Hogel, L Graham… - Canadian Family …, 2018 - cfp.ca
Objective To develop an evidence-based guideline to help clinicians make decisions about
when and how to safely taper and stop antipsychotics; to focus on the highest level of …

Effects of music therapy on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Ueda, Y Suzukamo, M Sato, SI Izumi - Ageing research reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common problems for
patients and caregivers. Although music therapy is considered a non-pharmacological …

Pharmacotherapy of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: state of the art and future progress

R Magierski, T Sobow, E Schwertner… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The core symptoms of different dementia subtypes are the behavioral and psychological
symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and its neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). BPSD symptoms …

Comparative efficacy of interventions for aggressive and agitated behaviors in dementia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

JA Watt, Z Goodarzi, AA Veroniki, V Nincic… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Background: Both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions are used to treat
neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with dementia. Purpose: To summarize the …

Psychological treatments for depression and anxiety in dementia and mild cognitive impairment: systematic review and meta-analysis

V Orgeta, A Qazi, A Spector, M Orrell - The British Journal of …, 2015 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAnxiety and depression are common in people with dementia and mild cognitive
impairment (MCI), but there is uncertainty about the effectiveness of both pharmacological …

Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions to prevent and treat delirium in older patients: a systematic overview. The SENATOR project ONTOP series

I Abraha, F Trotta, JM Rimland, A Cruz-Jentoft… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Non-pharmacological intervention (eg multidisciplinary interventions, music
therapy, bright light therapy, educational interventions etc.) are alternative interventions that …