Care for depression in HMO patients aged 65 and older
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Many elderly patients are not receiving adequate treatment for depression. In a study of 2,558 Medicare HMO patients, less than 30% of those with symptoms of depression received a prescription for an antidepressant.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
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Treatment of depression improves physical functioning in older adults
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The findings of the Improving Mood: Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) indicates that physical functioning improves as outcome of depression treatment among older adults. Depression clinical specialists worked in collaboration with primary care practitioners to provide more holistic intervention.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Reducing suicidal ideation in depressed older primary care patients
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The role primary care centers program in reducing of suicidal ideas of depressed elderly is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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