THE EFFICACY OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY IN AMELIORATING DEPRESSION IN PATIENTSWITH DEMENTIA
Abstract:
The present study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy in
ameliorating depression and slowing cognitive decline for 60 patients of both sexes, aged between 52 and
over 86, diagnosed with different types of dementia. This study was analytic, experimental-controlled. It
was randomly allocated to two groups, each of 30 institutionalized patients with dementia. The subjects
from the first group received standard procedeeings of treatment and those from the second group
underwent cognitive-behavioral therapy. It has been prooved statistically the efficacy of cognitive
behavioral-therapy in ameliorating depression and slowing the cognitive decline for dementia patients.
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