non-pharmacologic

Systematic evidence review finds cognitive behavioral therapy as effective as antidepressant medicines in treating depression

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mentalhealthtreatmentsDepres­sion: Treat­ment Beyond Med­ica­tion (The Dana Foundation):

“Major depres­sive dis­or­der affects near­ly 7 per­cent of peo­ple in the US aged 18 and up, accord­ing to the Depres­sion and Bipo­lar Sup­port Alliance. Those who seek treat­ment will most like­ly be pre­scribed a sec­ond-gen­er­a­tion anti­de­pres­sant med­ica­tion such as a selec­tive sero­tonin reup­take inhibitor (SSRI), tri­cyclic anti­de­pres­sant (TCA), or a monoamine oxi­dase inhibitor (MAOI). Some recent stud­ies, though, [Read more…] about Sys­tem­at­ic evi­dence review finds cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py as effec­tive as anti­de­pres­sant med­i­cines in treat­ing depression

Time is over for “one size fits all” dementia treatments. Next: How to best integrate non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic approaches

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Time to ‘just say no’ to behav­ior-calm­ing drugs for Alzheimer patients? Experts say yes (Med­ical Xpress):

“Doc­tors write mil­lions of pre­scrip­tions a year for drugs to calm the behav­ior of peo­ple with Alzheimer’s dis­ease and oth­er types of demen­tia. But non-drug approach­es actu­al­ly work bet­ter, and car­ry far few­er risks, experts con­clude in a new report.

In fact, non-drug approach­es should be the first choice for treat­ing demen­tia patients’ com­mon symp­toms such as [Read more…] about Time is over for “one size fits all” demen­tia treat­ments. Next: How to best inte­grate non-phar­ma­co­log­ic and phar­ma­co­log­ic approaches