Psychotherapeutic treatments for depression in older adults

Lin Ang; Myeong Soo Lee; Eunhye Song; Hye Won Lee; Liujiao Cao; Jingyi Zhang; Qi Wang; Jeeyoun Jung; Soobin Jang; Chiara Gastaldon; Charles F Reynolds; Pim Cuijpers; Vikram Patel; Corrado Barbui; Liang Yao; Davide Papola

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015976

Psychotherapeutic treatments for depression in older adults

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Nov 27;11(11):CD015976. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015976.

Authors

Lin Ang¹, Myeong Soo Lee¹, Eunhye Song², Hye Won Lee³, Liujiao Cao⁴, Jingyi Zhang⁵, Qi Wang⁶, Jeeyoun Jung¹, Soobin Jang⁷, Chiara Gastaldon^{8

9}, Charles F Reynolds¹⁰, Pim Cuijpers¹¹, Vikram Patel¹², Corrado Barbui^{8

9}, Liang Yao⁶, Davide Papola^{8

9

12}

Affiliations

¹ KM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
² Global Cooperation Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
³ KM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, South.
⁴ West China School of Nursing/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
⁵ Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangdong, China.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁷ Daegu-Haany University, Daegu, Korea, South.
⁸ Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁹ Cochrane Global Mental Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, USA.
¹¹ Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹² Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of psychotherapeutic interventions in the treatment of older adults with depression and whether the effects of different types of psychotherapeutic treatments vary for older adults with depression.

MeSH terms

Aged
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Depression* / therapy
Humans
Psychotherapy* / methods
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic