Problem-Solving Therapy Reduces Suicidal Ideation In Depressed Older Adults with Executive Dysfunction

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-17

  Gustavson, Kristen A ^a   Alexopoulos, George S ^c   Niu, Grace C ^a   McCulloch, Charles ^b   Meade, Tanya ^d   Areán, Patricia A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; executive dysfunction; older adults; problem solving therapy; suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MATTIS DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROOP TEST; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962267720     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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