The applicability for older patients of cognitive (CT) and cognitive-behavioural (CBT) therapies for depression, now well established for clinical populations aged less than 65 years, was reviewed. Eighteen English language articles published to the end of 1994 were located using Medline, Psychlit a
Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for the depressed elderly: Issues and adaptations
β Scribed by Joanne L. Steuer; Constance L. Hammen
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 640 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0147-5916
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