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Individual Psychotherapy with the Depressed Elderly Outpatient: An Overview
Author(s) -
WILLNER MARCIA
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1978.tb01966.x
Subject(s) - learned helplessness , medicine , feeling , psychotherapist , geriatrics , psychiatry , elderly people , gerontology , clinical psychology , psychology , social psychology
A review is presented of the status of geriatric psychotherapy with the depressed elderly community resident, over the past 20 years. Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness accompanying or following a significant loss are often chief features of the depressive syndrome in elderly persons who seek help. The experiences of those involved in treating this disorder in the elderly can be most rewarding to both therapist and patient.