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Marta E Torres

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Reminiscence and dementia: a therapeutic intervention.

2015

ABSTRACTBackground:Dementia is a significant public health problem. One non-pharmacological therapy that has shown its effectiveness is reminiscence, which is a psychological intervention designed to address issues of particular relevance to older adults. The aim of this study was to examine the benefits of an integrative reminiscence program in elderly people with dementia.Methods:A quasi-experimental design and purposeful sampling were conducted at two retirement homes. Forty-two elderly adults with dementia were studied to measure the effect of the therapy (23 in the experimental group and 19 in the control group). The treatment group activity was held in 10 sessions.Results:The treatmen…

GerontologyMalemedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentPsychological interventionTreatment and control groupsReminiscence therapyReminiscenceIntervention (counseling)MedicineDementiaHumansAgedAged 80 and overbusiness.industryDepressionPublic healthmedicine.diseasePsychotherapyPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyWell-beingMental RecallDementiaFemaleGeriatrics and GerontologybusinessGerontologyInternational psychogeriatrics
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Autobiographical memory for the differential diagnosis of cognitive pathology in aging

2015

Aim The present study distinguishes three memory stages across the lifespan, and aims to compare episodic and semantic autobiographical memory in healthy older adults, with amnesic mild cognitive impairment, and with Alzheimer's disease. This information can offer evidence about the way semantic and episodic autobiographical memory work, and how the disease affects them. Methods The sample was composed of 56 people, all aged over 60 years; 15 with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, 12 with Alzheimer's disease and 29 healthy older people. Participants were evaluated with the Autobiographical Memory Interview. Results A mixed anova showed significant main effects of memory and time-period, a…

Autobiographical memory05 social sciencesCognitionmedicine.disease050105 experimental psychologyDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineRetrospective memoryMixed-design analysis of variancemedicineSemantic memoryDementia0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesChildhood memoryPsychologyEpisodic memory030217 neurology & neurosurgeryClinical psychologyGeriatrics & Gerontology International
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Effectiveness of follow-up reminiscence therapy on autobiographical memory in pathological ageing

2015

The objective is to examine the effects of reminiscence therapy (RT) on total, episodic and semantic autobiographical memory in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) groups, testing the effects of RT on different stages of autobiographical memory, and its effectiveness at follow-up. A sample composed of 43 aMCI (27 treatments, 16 controls) and 30 AD (15 treatments, 15 controls) subjects were evaluated with the Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI) test. The RT consisted of 10 sessions lasting 60 minutes each. Both groups, aMCI and AD, showed significant effects on overall autobiographical memory; aMCI showed significant main effects on episodic and semanti…

050103 clinical psychologymedicine.medical_specialtyAutobiographical memorymedicine.medical_treatment05 social sciencesGeneral MedicineAudiologymedicine.diseaseDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineReminiscence therapyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)AgeingReminiscencemedicineSemantic memory0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesAlzheimer's diseasePsychologyEpisodic memoryPathological030217 neurology & neurosurgeryGeneral PsychologyInternational Journal of Psychology
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