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A group therapy programme for depressed and anxious elderly inpatients

✍ Scribed by Fiona Moffatt; Caroline Mohr; David Ames

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
374 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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✦ Synopsis

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.

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