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process > planned process > treatment > reminiscence therapy

Preferred term

reminiscence therapy  

Definition

  • Therapy, which can take many forms, based on the evocation of past personal memories, often using prompts (e.g. photographs), to improve the quality of life, cognition, mood, sense of personal identity, communication or behavior of people, such as those suffering from depression or dementia.

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Entry terms

  • reminiscence-based intervention
  • reminiscence intervention
  • reminiscence work

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Butler, R. N. (1963). The life review: An interpretation of reminiscence in the aged. Psychiatry, 26(1), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1963.11023339

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Woods, B., O’Philbin, L., Farrell, E. M., Spector, A. E., & Orrell, M. (2018). Reminiscence therapy for dementia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd001120.pub3

    [Study type: literature review, meta-analysis / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-H340VDRV-4

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