Non Psychiatric Doctors View on Depression
- Lack of cure of Dementia and its burden on the Caregiver, Society and Healthcare systems underscores the need for timely Diagnosis, Prevention and Therapeutic Strategies.
- There are more than 200 drug trials going on but there are many a slip between the cup and the lip.
- Whatever drugs are available they do not stall the process of Dementia. However there maybe some improvement in the Behavioral and Psychological symptoms of Dementia. But bin the last two years a couple of drugs have been approved for cases of early dementia that may retard the progression of Dementia to some extent.
- A blueprint for Dementia research has been prepared by the WHO, Global Status Report on the Public Health Response to Dementia shows that most countries are far from reaching the adopted targets for the Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia 2017 -2025.
