Psychological treatment of depression in people aged 65 years and over: A systematic review of efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Jonsson, Ulf ^a,b,c   Bertilsson, Göran ^d   Allard, Per ^e   Gyllensvärd, Harald ^d,f   Söderlund, Anne ^g   Tham, Anne ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Social Assessment   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; REMINISCENCE THERAPY; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84984801542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160859     Document Type: Review

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