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Clinical Update

Non-Medication Strategies for Mild Anxiety

February 24, 2026

Sarah K. Rivelli, MD, FACP, FAPA. System Director, Consult Liaison, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA.

Dr. Rivelli has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Practical, evidence-based lifestyle and behavioral techniques that ease mild anxiety without medication.

Clinical Update

Behavioral Strategies for Apathy and Late-Life Depression

January 1, 2026

Jaime A.B. Wilson, PhD, ABN

Jaime A.B. Wilson, PhD, ABN, ABPP, MSCP. Prescribing medical psychologist and board-certified neuropsychologist in private practice, Tacoma, WA.

Dr. Wilson has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Not all late-life low mood requires medication. This article explores how apathy differs from depression and how behavioral activation, microgoals, and lifestyle interventions can restore motivation, improve cognition, and reduce unnecessary antidepressant exposure in older adults.

Fact Sheet

Apathy in Dementia: Diagnosis and Treatment

August 2, 2025

Rehan Aziz, MD

Dr. Aziz has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

Apathy is the most common behavioral disturbance in dementia, impacting up to 36% of patients with dementia and 12%–40% of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Fact Sheet

Agitation in Dementia: Nonpharmacological Treatment

August 2, 2025

Rehan Aziz, MD

Dr. Aziz has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
Full Fact Sheet Editorial Information

Nonpharmacological interventions are the first-line treatment of agitation in patients with dementia due to their better safety profile and effectiveness, though they are unsuitable in situations where immediate results are needed.

Fact Sheet