Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment in a Geriatric Patient with Major Depressive Disorder: Case Study
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https://doi.org/10.29059/rpcc.20200617-109Keywords:
Depression, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, effectiveness, brief therapy, older adulAbstract
Depression interferes with a person's daily life and normal performance, causing suffering for them and those around them. In the geriatric population, it has presented as a syndrome that produces a high degree of disability that alters the quality of life of the sufferer and increases mortality. The present case study shows the psychotherapeutic work from a Cognitive-Behavioral approach carried out on a geriatric patient with Major Depressive Disorder, with circumstantial limitations for an intervention, despite which favorable results were obtained. The general objective of the study was to verify the effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral treatment in the patient, despite its circumstantial limitations, the latter being its relevance, due to the adaptation of the brief therapy modality. It is possible to redu-ce from 11 to only 5 depressive symptoms accor-ding to the Sheik and Yesavage Geriatric Depres-sion Scale, applied to corroborate depression and specify symptoms, observing a significant change in the level of mood and a reduction in the frequency of crying.
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