Music therapy can help lift the spirits and ease depression in people with dementia, a new evidence review has found.

Getting in a certain amount of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity can help lower the risk for neuropsychiatric disorders, including dementia, depression, and some sleep disorders.

A new review has found evidence that music-based therapy may benefit people living with dementia, particularly by improving symptoms of depression. The work has been published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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In a study of thousands of people with dementia, researchers found that treatment with antidepressants was linked to faster cognitive decline — though certain medications appeared to have a greater impact than others.

New research suggests that certain antidepressants could accelerate cognitive decline in dementia patients, though outside experts urge caution in interpreting the findings.

Antidepressants worsened cognition in patients with dementia, according to a new study, but some experts strongly disagree with the findings.

A new Cochrane review has found evidence that music-based therapy may benefit people living with dementia, particularly by improving symptoms of depression.

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A new population-based study led by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found a common first-line class of medications prescribed to dementia patients for depression could be hastening their cognitive decline, while also putting individuals at greater risk of fractures and an earlier death.

Antidepressants are frequently prescribed to people with dementia for symptoms like anxiety, depression, aggressiveness and sleeplessness. But a specific class of antidepressant medications ...

A study led by Karolinska Institute suggests that antidepressants prescribed for depression in dementia patients might hasten cognitive decline and in