Psychotherapy is effective for people with Alzheimer’s in helping them feel less anxious and depressed, help them cope with their condition psychologically and physically, come to terms with accepting the situation, and thus enhance their quality of life.
Psychotherapy helps patients with Alzheimer’s reduce their symptoms of anxiety and depression, increases their self esteem and self confidence, helps them prevent undue dependency, helps educate their family and friends on how they can become the source of support for the patient, and psycho-educate them about the nature of their disease while making them aware of what treatment can help them achieve and limitations of it.
The number of sessions required is variable and depends on the amount of psychotherapeutic support required by the patient and the family members in coping with the disease.
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