Psychotherapeutic interventions in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's dementia: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expanding technologies of early detection of Alzheimer's disease allow to identify individuals at risk of dementia in early and asymptomatic disease stages. Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, are common in the course of AD and may be clinically observed many years before the onset of significant cognitive symptoms. To date, therapeutic interventions for AD focus on pharmacological and life style modification-based strategies. However, despite good evidence for psychotherapy in late-life depression, evidence for such therapeutic approaches to improve cognitive and emotional well-being and thereby reduce psychological risk factors in the course of AD are sparse.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted in PUBMED, PsycINFO, Web of Science, an

SUBMITTER: Rostamzadeh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8802419 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature