Engagement in Socially and Interpersonally Rewarding Activities as a Predictor of Outcome in “Engage” Behavioral Activation Therapy for Late-Life Depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 571-578

  Solomonov, Nili ^a   Bress, Jennifer N ^a   Sirey, Jo Anne ^a   Gunning, Faith M ^a   Flückiger, Christoph ^b   Raue, Patrick J ^c   Areán, Patricia A ^c   Alexopoulos, George S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

behavioral activation; Engage; interpersonal activities; Late life depression; psychotherapy; social reward

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LONELINESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; REWARD; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85061726290     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2018.12.033     Document Type: Article

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