The “International Non-pharmacological Therapies Project” (INPTP) is a community-based project to develop the science and practice of NPTs.

The Scientific Area is structured by the different NPT categories (music therapy, cognitive stimulation, physical exercise, counselling, etc). In each one of those categories, a team of experts work collaboratively on issues pertinent for its development.If you are knowledgeable in a certain NPT you are kindly invited to participate. In the Scientific Area there are also issues that concern the field as a whole: overall taxonomy, research methods, grading of the evidence, clinical recommendations, outcomes, finance of larger studies, econometrics, etc.

The Practitioner Area intends to serve all those therapists interested in enriching their daily practice with treatment proposals of their peers. If you have developed sessions in whatever category you can either upload them in PDF format if you wish to share without allowing changes. Alternatively you may copy/paste your intervention into wiki format so that your colleagues have a chance to improve it.

The Joint Area aims at making hard scientific facts easily accessible to practitioners. One section gathers TV interviews to renown researchers, another one lists scientific events and training programs (don't forget to upload your event!). There is also a Forum section to discuss diverse issues of our field.

The common goal that is to develop the science and praxis of NPTs to humanize and improve the quality of life (QoL) of the elderly, their families and professional caregivers.

At INPTP science and practice will merge to expand knowledge about NPTs. The website is an open community, meaning that knowledge will be freely available. Collaborators decide who they want to collaborate with, how much time they want to devote on the topics they have at heart.

Contributing to INPTP is really easy and will not take you much time, you can upload articles whether you are an author or you find it relevant to NPTs, also you can find advice on what is a good NPT practice, you can check some evidence tables to know which NPT to use for a certain dementia and when you should stop using it. You can also look for some optimum usage of assessment instruments, start a discussion group on a relevant topic, check for updates, etc.

To contribute you just have to log in then create a user name and password. The users will see the information you have provided under your username and they can edit it or start a discussion to clarify any controversy or disagreement.

Any contribution is welcomed and supervised by an expert committee that ensures the information in our page is reliable and updated.

 Do not hesitate and please check the "How write/edit article?" page there you will find some instructions that will help you when adding any relevant information.

As you may have already guessed, the INPTP is alive! We foresee the contents within each area will grow in width and depth. If you miss scientific or treatment category or a section send us an email and we will create it in the blink of an eye.

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