Mindful Melody: feasibility of implementing music listening on an inpatient psychiatric unit and its relation to the use of as needed medications for acute agitation

Abstract Background In this quality improvement project, we set out to study the effectiveness and feasibility of using music as an adjunct or replacement for pharmacologic agitation management on an inpatient psychiatric unit. We hypothesized music intervention would not only assist in de-escalatio...

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Main Authors: Trevor Scudamore, Annette Liem, Mark Wiener, Nekpen Sharon Ekure, Christopher Botash, Derek Empey, Luba Leontieva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03127-z