Depression, Anxiety and Mental State in Patients with Early Stage Dementia: Comparison of Reminiscence Therapy and Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
Zeynep Gümüş Demir, İdil Arasan Doğan, Remziye Keskin, Defne Demet Koyutürk · 2025
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Zeynep Gümüş Demir and co-authors published this 2025 trial comparing two talk-based therapies for early dementia in Istanbul care homes. Reminiscence therapy walks patients through their own past; cognitive stimulation exercises the mind with structured tasks. Twenty-four residents, twelve per group, took ten weekly ninety-minute sessions of one or the other.
Standard scales tracked depression, anxiety, and mental state before and after. The reminiscence group improved clearly on both mood measures against its own starting point. The stimulation group also eased in depression, though the reminiscence group had started worse off. The authors present both as helpful, gentle options for institutional care. The small sample urges care in ranking them against each other.
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| CREATOR | Zeynep Gümüş Demir, İdil Arasan Doğan, Remziye Keskin, Defne Demet Koyutürk |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |