When late-life depression improves: What do older patients say about their treatment?

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 596-605

  Barg, Frances K ^a   Mavandadi, Shahrzad ^b   Givens, Jane L ^c   Knott, Kathryn ^a   Zubritsky, Cynthia ^d   Oslin, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Harvard Medical School ^*

Author keywords

Depression intervention; intervention attributes; older adults; patient perception; patient centered care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECOGNITION; REMISSION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954343437     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181b7f0f9     Document Type: Article

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