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COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION IN A PERSON WITH ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2004

Deborah A. Walker
Deborah A. Walker
Affiliation:
South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, UK Reprint requests to South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, Specialist Psychological Therapies Service, Ladywell House, 330 Lewisham High Street, London SE13 6JZ, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The treatment of depression in an older person with Alzheimer's dementia using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is described. Treatment focused on identifying beliefs associated with dementia, behavioural experimenting to test the validity of these beliefs, and increasing pleasurable activities. Results were promising, suggesting that it may be possible to treat depression in people with cognitive impairment.

Keywords

DepressionAlzheimer's dementiabehaviouralcognitiveolder adults
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 495 - 500
Copyright
2004 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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