Interpersonal psychotherapy for late-life depression: past, present, and future.
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) has demonstrated efficacy in protecting against a recurrence of major depression in elderly subjects when used alone on a monthly basis and when combined with antidepressant medication. The authors summarize their experience using IPT over the past 10 years and discuss a variety of treatment correlates. In addition, preliminary results using IPT combined with paroxetine in depressed elders reveals no difference in remission rates between cognitively intact and cognitively impaired depressed elders.
Miller
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MD
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA.
Cornes
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C
Frank
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Ehrenpreis
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L
Silberman
R
R
Schlernitzauer
M A
MA
Tracey
B
B
Richards
V
V
Wolfson
L
L
Zaltman
J
J
Bensasi
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S
Reynolds
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CF
D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003071:Cognition; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005544:Forecasting; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000928:Antidepressive Agents