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CAMBRIDGE AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK, JUL 17 – Researchers piloted the MELODIC music therapy across NHS dementia wards, showing it may reduce distress and provide a safe alternative to psychotropic medication, study finds.
- Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Trust piloted the MELODIC music therapy across two NHS dementia wards.
- The study explored non-pharmacological approaches to safely support individuals with dementia experiencing intense distress in inpatient mental health settings.
- The intervention showed slight improvements in patients’ quality of life, reduced distress symptoms, and reported no adverse events in this complex care setting.
- The study, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry and funded by NIHR, costs just over £2,000 monthly, making it affordable and scalable as an alternative to drugs.
- Experts expressed optimism about music therapy’s potential to improve dementia ward experiences and plan further collaboration to develop its use.
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We’ve long known that music eases pain. Now, science is proving it. | News Channel 3-12
SeventyFour // Shutterstock We’ve long known that music eases pain. Now, science is proving it. At the University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, cancer patients can ask for an unusual medicine: Could a guitar player come and play a tune by their bedside, like the Beatles’ “Let it Be”? “We have empirical evidence that shows music can help reduce a person’s pain perception,” says Seneca Block, director of Expressive Therapies at University Hospital…
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A recent medical study has revealed that music can significantly help reduce stress and anxiety in individuals suffering from dementia. According to a report published on a medical website, researchers from Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, in collaboration with the NHS Foundation Trust, have launched a new initiative called MELODIC. Under this project, dementia patients regularly participated in music-based sessions that included listening to…
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