Treating Late Life Depression

Abstract

This workbook is designed for your use as you work together with a therapist to overcome your depression. It contains information on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and how it can help to reduce the symptoms of depression. Each chapter corresponds to a treatment module, and case examples are presented throughout and provide excellent illustrations of the main points, as well as summary questions, home assignments, and in-session exercises, worksheets, and forms. It explores how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors work to maintain your depression and how to challenge and modify them in order to improve your mood and quality of life.

PROTOCOL: What is the effect of intergenerational activities on the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people?

“…Studies will be identified from the relevant domains of our evidence and gap map and screened against the eligibility criteria independently by two reviewers. Methods for study selection used to populate the evidence and gap map can be found in the protocol (Thompson-Coon, 2022).…”

Cognitive behavioral therapy with older people.

“…Thus, older people who are more adept at emotional regulation and have a lifetime of experience of dealing with problems may make especially good candidates for CBT, and therapists working with older people are encouraged to maintain an optimistic expectation for change. There are a number of "how to" guides for applying CBT with older people, and interested readers are recommended to consult texts by Thompson et al (2010) and Laidlaw (2015).…”