Choosing treatment for depression in older adults and evaluating response

Patricia A Arean; Grace Niu

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2014.04.005

Choosing treatment for depression in older adults and evaluating response

Clin Geriatr Med. 2014 Aug;30(3):535-51. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.04.005. Epub 2014 Jun 12.

Authors

Patricia A Arean¹, Grace Niu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: pata@lppi.ucsf.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

PMID: 25037294
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.04.005

Abstract

An update is provided on the current information regarding late life depression with regard to assessment, clinical implications, and treatment recommendations. Several treatments are considered evidence-based, but when deployed into field trials, the efficacy of these treatments falls short. It is thought that the lower impact in community trials is due in large part to patient, clinical, environmental, socio-economic, and cognitive correlates that influence treatment response. The aim is to assist providers in making decisions about what type of treatment to recommend based on a sound assessment of these clinical correlates.

Keywords: Geriatrics; Late life depression; Mood disorders; Psychotherapy; Targeted treatment.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Decision Support Techniques
Depression / therapy*
Humans
Psychotherapy, Group / methods*
Quality-Adjusted Life Years*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding