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Interventions for the treatment of depressive symptoms in women newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a commonly diagnosed neurological disease that currently has no cure. Due to the significant physical and emotional impact that this disease has on the course of life, depressive symptoms frequently occurs among its sufferers. Many interventions have been developed and studied in an effort to reduce the depressive symptoms without the use of traditional antidepressant medications. This integrated literature review examines empirical evidence regarding non-pharmacologic interventions for depression published between 2003 and 2008. Cognitive behavioral therapy, complementary therapy, and support interventions were examined. Although no single intervention was shown to completely alleviate depressive symptoms, most interventions had a favorable impact.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:honorstheses1990-2015-1720
Date01 January 2008
CreatorsEven, Erica E.
PublisherSTARS
Source SetsUniversity of Central Florida
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext
SourceHIM 1990-2015

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