Can somebody help me with the translation for

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> 実際にうつ病やアルツハイマーの治療として、女性患者に化粧やヘアチェンジを実践することもあるくらいです。お化粧はテンションをあげてくれるお薬でもあるんですね。

I came up with this

> Did you know (or truthfully), as a treatment for depression or Alzheimer's,
> female patients will practice using make-up or change their hair colour?
> Cosmetics are a medicine that can heighten your tension

I'm really not sure about the second sentence.
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How do I translate this small passage about make-up, depression, and Alzheimer?
There are several places where I think you're getting the translation wrong
(not something I am beyond myself).

> 実際にうつ病やアルツハイマーの治療として、女性患者に化粧やヘアチェンジを実践もあるくらいです。

Did you know (or truthfully), as a treatment for depression or alsheimers,
female patients will practice using make-up or change their hair colour?
Cosmetics are a medicine that can heighten your tension

実際に = in reality [I'm not sure why you're making it a question] YのXとして = as an
X for Y 女性患者に = to female patients 化粧やヘアチェンジ = changing their hairstyle or
makeup (not necessarily just hair color) を実践もあるくらいです = also appear to be
practical. <-- on this point, you seem to be misunderstanding how 実践 means
practice. It doesn't mean 練習 as in doing something, it means practical as in
having a practical.

So all of that brought together = In reality, changing hair styles or
cosmetics when used as medical treatment, appears to have a practical effect
for female patients.

> お化粧はテンションをあげてくれるお薬でもあるんですね

= Cosmetics are a medicine that can raise your spirits, aren't they?

(taking テンションをあげてくれる to mean "can raise your mood/spirits")

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But noel_lapin suggests, this definitely doesn't sound like academic Japanese.
Is this from cancan's sister publication or something?
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It's parsed as

> [実際に(うつ病やアルツハイマーの治療として)、{(女性患者に)(化粧やヘアチェンジを)実践することもある}]くらいです。  
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The subject for 実践する(carry out in practice) is not written here but it should
be 医者(doctor), 医療機関(medical institution) or 病院(hospital), or maybe 家族(family).  

実際に in practice, in fact,  
うつ病やアルツハイマーの治療として as a treatment for depression or Alzheimer's,  
**病院が hospitals, ← subject**  
女性患者に on female patients,  
化粧やヘアチェンジを make-up or change of hair-style ←object  
実践する carry out in practice ← verb  
こともある There are cases where... ; in some cases  
くらいです。even...  

So it literally means:

> In fact, there are even cases where they(=hospitals/doctors) carry out in
> practice make-up or change of hair-style on their female patients as a
> treatment for depression or Alzheimer's.
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