Foci of interpersonal psychotherapy (Ipt) in depressed elders: Clinical and outcome correlates in A combined ipt/nortriptyline protocol

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-56

  Wolfson, Lee ^a   Miller, Mark ^a   Houck, Patricia ^a   Ehrenpreis, Lin ^a   Stack, Jacqueline A ^a   Frank, Ellen ^a   Cornes, Cleon ^a   Mazumdar, Sati ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a   Reynolds, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

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EID: 0002870922     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503309712331331863     Document Type: Article

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