The impact of life review on depression in older adults: a randomized controlled trial

Pot, Anne Margriet; Bohlmeijer, Ernst Thomas; Onrust, Simone; Melenhorst, Anne-Sophie; Veerbeek, Marjolein A.; Vries, Wilma de

doi:10.1017/s104161020999175x

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“…They pursued appropriate help-seeking from their GPs, psychologists and psychiatrists and had both an understanding of their personal experience of depression and a strong sense of what strategies served them best in times of sickness and health. Recent work has suggested that acceptance is a quality held by older people in general [22] and further that reflecting and reviewing one's life can have beneficial effects for depressed adults who are over 50 years of age [23].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Successful transition to later life: Strategies used by baby boomers

2013

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Successful transition to later life: Strategies used by baby boomers

2013

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“…Although the effects have not yet been examined in target groups in which subthreshold depression was established with a diagnostic interview, life review seems to be an excellent intervention for indicated prevention, because of its low threshold for participation, because the stigmatizing word "depression" is not needed, and because no understanding of negative thoughts or other complex psychological issues are necessary for participating successfully in this intervention. In a recent randomized trial the effects of life review in older adults with subthreshold were examined [ 25 ], and it was found that life review resulted in a signifi cantly lower level of depressive symptoms when compared to the inactive control group, who only viewed a general movie.…”

Section: Life Review and Reminiscencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Prevention of Late-Life Depression

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Although most progress in the fi eld of indicated and other types of prevention of mental disorders has been made in children and adolescents, recent years have also seen a considerable progress of research among older adults. This research has resulted in a growing body of knowledge on how to identify those with the highest risk of developing a mental disorder, several preventive interventions, and some randomized controlled trials showing that (indicated) prevention may be possible and effective in older adults.

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“…Three trials conducted a long-term follow-up assessment of depressive symptoms after the intervention [16,17,20]. A subgroup analysis was performed according to the length of follow-up.…”

Section: Long-term Depression Alleviationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two trials [17,20] compared depressive symptoms 6 months after the intervention and found that the effects of reminiscence therapy on geriatric depression were no longer evident at this time point (WMD, e4.86; 95% CI, e11.26 to À1.54; p ¼ 0.14) (Fig. 2).…”

Section: Long-term Depression Alleviationmentioning

confidence: 99%