Background Current pharmacological treatments and psychotherapeutic approaches often
have adverse effects or are ineffective in late-life cognitive and mental illnesses. Mind-body
interventions offer a holistic approach and are of interest because of potential patient
acceptability and scalability. Objective To synthesize current evidence on mind-body
interventions in treating or preventing mental illnesses and cognitive disorders in older
adults. Search Strategy A search was conducted using Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, and …