Life review therapy for older adults with moderate depressive symptomatology: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1163-1173

  Korte, J ^a   Bohlmeijer, E T ^a   Cappeliez, P ^b   Smit, F ^c,d   Westerhof, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depressive symptomatology; Life review therapy; Older adults; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857809338     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002042     Document Type: Review

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