A model for streamlining psychotherapy in the RDoC era: The example of 'Engage'

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-19

  Alexopoulos, G S ^a   Arean, P ^b  

^a The Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Engage; late life depression; psychotherapy development; Rdoc; structured personalization

Indexed keywords

APATHY; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMOTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MEDITATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; REWARD;

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84891151265     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.150     Document Type: Review

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