Reuters (5/2, Carroll) reports a study published in Health Psychology suggests “the stresses and emotional demands of caring for family members with dementia…can be offset by training that helps caregivers focus on the positives of their experience.” Researchers who led a “randomized, controlled trial” involving 170 dementia caregivers “showed that a six-session online training program produced modest improvements in caregiver anxiety and depression,” with participants in the intervention group experiencing “a 7 percent greater drop in depression symptoms and a 9 percent greater drop in anxiety symptoms compared with the control group.”
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— “Happiness training may ease dementia caregivers’ anxiety, depression, “Linda Carroll, Reuters, May 2, 2019