Is interpersonal psychotherapy in group format a therapeutic option in late-life depression?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-75

  Scocco, Paolo ^a   De Leo, Diego ^b   Frank, Ellen ^c  

^a ULSS n 12 Venezia   (Italy)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GROUP THERAPY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETIREMENT; SENESCENCE;

EID: 14644442911     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.301     Document Type: Article

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