Psychological treatment of late-life depression.
This article summarizes the following psychological interventions for late-life depression: cognitive and behavioral therapy, problem-solving therapy, reminiscence and life review therapy, brief psychodynamic therapy, and interpersonal therapy. Results indicate that all psychological interventions reviewed were effective in reducing depressive symptoms in older adults. Future research should include larger sample sizes and focus on moderators of treatment such as age, depression severity, medical illness, and cognitive impairment.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 South Wood Street (M/C 913), Chicago, IL 60622, USA. Electronic address: jfrancis@psych.uic.edu.
Jennifer L
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Francis
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Kumar
D000368:Aged; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Cognitive behavioral therapy; Geriatric depression; Late-life depression; Psychiatric interventions