Certain Non-Medication Approaches May Be As Good, Better Than Medication In Treating Depression In Patients With Dementia, Systematic Review Suggests

HealthDay (3/25, Preidt) reports, “Exercise, mental stimulation and massage are among the drug-free therapies that are as good or better than medication in treating depression in” patients with dementia, investigators concluded after systematically reviewing “256 studies that ncluded a total of more than 28,000 people with dementia with or without major depression.” The findings of the systematic review were published online March 24 in the BMJ.

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— “‘Non-Drug’ Approaches Can Fight Depression in People With Dementia “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, March 25, 2021

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