title: Short-term interpersonal therapy (IPT) with the depressed elderly: case reports and discussion.
abstract: Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), a short-term treatment developed and tested for use with ambulatory depressed patients, has been successfully applied to elderly patients in a recent pilot study. Case reports of treated elderly patients are presented and the specific utility of IPT for this population is described. The potential of short-term psychotherapies for the treatment of the elderly is discussed and research directions are outlined.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D012380:Role