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Emerging Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Geriatric Mental Health.

Sarah A NguyenHelen LAvretsky
Published in: Current treatment options in psychiatry (2020)
Dietary and mind-body therapies have become increasingly popular and show the strongest evidence of efficacy for mood and cognitive disorders. Although the use of vitamins and supplements is the most popular CIM practice, only mixed evidence supports their use with additional concerns for herb (supplement)-drug interactions. Despite increasing use of CIM by the general population, information to guide clinicians providing care for older adults remains limited with variable scientific rigor of the available RCTs for a large number of commonly used CIM interventions for the mental health of older adults.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • physical activity
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  • sleep quality
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  • depressive symptoms