## Abstract ## Background Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is an empiricallyβvalidated intervention for treating lateβlife depression. ## Objective To determine the manner in which IPT is utilized by primary care physicians in relation to antidepressant medications. ## Methods The authors rev
Is interpersonal psychotherapy in group format a therapeutic option in late-life depression?
β Scribed by Paolo Scocco; Diego De Leo; Ellen Frank
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 102 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1063-3995
- DOI
- 10.1002/cpp.301
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