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Is group psychotherapy effective in older adults with depression?
— a systematic review | | Author(s) | Murali Krishna, Archana Jauhari, Peter Lepping |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 26, no 4, April 2011 |
| Pages | pp 331-340 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Therapy ; Psychiatric treatment ; Group work ; Depression ; Evaluation ; Clinical surveys. |
| Annotation | The authors conducted a systematic review based on randomised controlled trials in order to assess the effectiveness of group psychotherapy with older adults with depression. The trials included in the review examined group interventions based on the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) model with active therapeutic interventions or waiting list controls. Study findings showed that while group psychotherapy is an effective intervention in older adults with depression in comparison to waiting list controls, the overall effect size is very modest. The reported benefits of group intervention in comparison to other active interventions did not reach statistical significance. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110815013 A |
| Classmark | LO: LP: IGG: ENR: 4C: 3G |
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