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| Randomised controlled trial of effect of intervention by psychogeriatric team on depression in frail elderly people at home | | Author(s) | Sube Banerjee, Kim Shamesh, Alastair J D Macdonald, Anthony H Mann |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 313, no 7064, 26 October 1996 |
| Pages | pp 1058-1061 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Physical disabilities ; Psychiatric treatment ; Home nursing ; Community care ; Geriatricians ; Psychiatrists ; Clinical surveys ; Lewisham. |
| Annotation | The trial investigated the efficacy of intervention by a psychogeriatric team in the treatment of depression in elderly disabled people receiving home care from their local authority in Lewisham. Members of the intervention group received an individual package of care formulated by the community psychogeriatric team in their catchment area and implemented by a researcher working as a member of the team. A control group received normal general practitioner care. Depression is treatable in elderly people receiving home care. Therapeutic nihilism based on an assumed poor response to treatment in these socially isolated, disabled people in the community is not supported. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970225002 A |
| Classmark | ENR: BN: LP: N4: PA: QT4: QT9: 3G: 82LO * |
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