Drug-Free Therapy Boost for Dementia Sufferers [Scot Region]
Mail on Sunday › January 01, 2012
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A drug-free therapy for dementia, highlighted in The Mail on Sunday last month, should be a 'first line treatment' for sufferers, according to a Governmentbacked report.
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement found that cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a more cost-effective way of remedying the behavioural problems associated with dementia than antipsychotic medication - dubbed 'the chemical cosh'.See the full content of this document
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Drug-Free Therapy Boost for Dementia Sufferers [Scot Region]
The programme of structured activities, which has been approved by the Nati...
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