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Elderly depressed patients — what are their views on treatment options?
Author(s)	T Kurovilla, C D Fenwick, M S Haque
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 2, March 2006
Pages	pp 204-206
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Attitude ; Psychiatric treatment ; Reliability ; Social surveys ; Birmingham.
Annotation	The aim of this study was to explore attitudes of older people with depression receiving secondary psychiatric care towards different types of treatment for depression. 100 patients, recruited from a large teaching hospital in Birmingham, were subjected to structured interviews at which their attitudes towards the effectiveness, likelihood of causing side-effects, and acceptability of anti-depression medication, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and psychotherapy were measured on a 5-point Likert scale. Psychotherapy was considered both effective and acceptable by these patients, although it is not widely available across the UK. Anti-depressants were also considered to be effective and acceptable, although likely to cause side-effects. However, these patients did not think highly of ECT, either in its effectiveness or acceptability. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-061107007 A
Classmark	ENR: DP: LP: 5HC: 3F: 87E
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