Interpersonal psychotherapy as augmentation treatment in depressed elderly responding poorly to antidepressant drugs: A case series

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 357-361

  Scocco, Paolo ^a,c   Frank, Ellen ^b  

^a ULSS 12   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ULSS 12 Veneziana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brief psychotherapy; Combined therapy; Drug resistant depression; Elderly depression; Interpersonal psychotherapy; Residual symptoms; Therapeutic augmentation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036971015     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065991     Document Type: Article

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