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The effectiveness of behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression in older adults
— a meta-analysis | | Author(s) | Zara Samad, Stephen Brealey, Simon Gilbody |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 26, no 12, December 2011 |
| Pages | pp 1211-1220 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Depression ; Therapeutics ; Therapy ; Behaviour modification ; Evaluation ; Clinical surveys. |
| Annotation | This review examined the effectiveness of behavioural therapy in depressed older adults over 55 years. Four randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of behavioural therapy compared with waiting list controls or other psychotherapies in older adults with clinical depression were included in the review. For post-treatment self-rated depression symptoms, behavioural therapy was not significantly more effective than a waiting list control, cognitive therapy or brief psychodynamic therapy. For post-treatment clinician-rated depression, behavioural therapy was not significantly more effective than cognitive therapy or brief psychodynamic therapy but was significantly more effective than a waiting list control. Behavioural therapy in depressed older adults appeared to have comparable effectiveness with alternative psychotherapies. The authors conclude that further research is required with larger sample sizes, more clarity on trial design and the intervention, longer term follow-up and concomitant economic evaluations. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120911005 A |
| Classmark | ENR: LL: LO: LODM: 4C: 3G |
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