ArticleEClinicalMedicine2022
Effectiveness of primary care psychological therapy services for the treatment of depression and anxiety in people living with dementia: Evidence from national healthcare records in England.
Article in EClinicalMedicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Experience of People With Dementia in Accessing and Engaging in Talking Therapies for Mental Health Difficulties: A Systematic Review and Thematic Meta-Synthesis.Dementia (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Talking therapies for anxiety and depression in people affected by dementia: A scoping meta-review.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
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- National survey of older people's community mental health teams in England.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- Exercise snacks and cognitive health in older adults: mechanisms, implementation, and public health relevance.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Characterising inequalities in accessing primary care psychological therapies services for people living with dementia: the example of NHS talking therapies in England.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2025Observational
- Effectiveness of psychological therapies for depression and anxiety in atypical dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
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- Associations between psychological intervention for anxiety disorders and risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study using national health-care records data in England.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Depression and anxiety are common and deleterious in people living with dementia (PLWD). It is currently unknown whether routinely provided psychological therapy can help reduce these symptoms in PLWD. This study aimed to investigate improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms over the course of therapy offered in primary care psychological therapy services in PLWD and to compare outcomes to people without dementia. Methods: National data from Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services (IAPT) across England linked with Hospital Episode Statistics data, the Mental Health Services Dataset, and HES-ONS mortality data were used to identify 1,549 PLWD who completed a course of psychological treatment in IAPT between 2012-2019 and a propensity score matched control group without identified dementia. Outcome measures included pre-post intervention changes in depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7) symptoms and therapy outcomes (reliable improvement, recovery, deterioration). Findings: Symptoms of depression ( Interpretation: Psychological therapy may be beneficial for PLWD with depression or anxiety, but it is currently not as effective as for people without dementia. More research is needed to improve access to psychological therapies and to understand this discrepancy and how therapies can be adapted to further improve outcomes. Funding: This work was supported by the Alzheimer's Society.
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