Treatment of Depression and Suicide in Older Adults

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-125

  Bhar, Sunil S ^a,b   Brown, Gregory K ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CBT; Depression; Older adults; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84856048217     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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