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A group therapy programme for depressed and anxious elderly inpatients
Author(s) -
Moffatt Fiona,
Mohr Caroline,
Ames David
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930100108
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , group psychotherapy , anxiety , complement (music) , psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , clinical psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , complementation , gene , economics , macroeconomics , phenotype
Concurrent symptoms of depression and anxiety are common in elderly people in psychogeriatric units. A group therapy programme is one potentially useful strategy to complement existing modes of treatment. This report describes such a programme.