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Reality orientation, a therapy for psychogeriatric patients
— a controlled study | | Author(s) | Peter Brook, Gian Degun, Marcia Mather |
| Journal title | The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 127, 1975 |
| Pages | pp 42-5 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Therapy ; Patients. |
| Annotation | In a controlled trial, 'reality orientation' for older patients diagnosed as suffering from dementia is shown to be effective only where therapists actively participate. Exposure to change in a more stimulating environment than their own wards is not enough to produce sustained improvement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-930729077 A |
| Classmark | EA: LO: LF * |
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