title: Psychotherapeutic treatments in late life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess recent research in psychotherapies for the elderly.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive-behaviour therapy in panic disorder, and problem-solving therapy in depression with cognitive impairment. Significant advances have been made showing the benefits of cognitive-behaviour therapy in the medically ill. Examples of public and private psychotherapy services are also described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There remain many virgin territories awaiting exploration. Psychotherapists and researchers working with the elderly are encouraged to report case studies and to embark on randomized controlled trials. Cognitive-behaviour therapy is the dominant paradigm, but other therapies, such as interpersonal psychotherapy and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy, are also worthy of further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Vahid.Payman@peterjames.org.au
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Payman
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*