Treatments for late life depression in primary care--a systematic review
Author(s) -
U Freudenstein,
Carol Jagger,
Antony Arthur,
Norbert DonnerBanzhoff
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-2229
pISSN - 0263-2136
DOI - 10.1093/fampra/18.3.321
Subject(s) - medicine , cinahl , depression (economics) , cochrane library , medline , psychological intervention , late life depression , population , psychiatry , quality of life (healthcare) , systematic review , randomized controlled trial , gerontology , cognition , nursing , environmental health , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
Depression is common among older people. It is associated with increased mortality and use of health services. We could identify no prior systematic review of treatment for depression in either primary care attenders or population samples of older people.
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