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ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2023

Maintenance Psychotherapies for Older Adults: A Scoping Review.

Mayra L Sánchez González, Elizabeth Vásquez, Margarita Alegría

Open access · greenAbstract readScoping Review
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Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Benefit and Uptake: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Older Adults' Experiences With a Psychoeducational and Exercise Training Maintenance Intervention.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mayra L Sánchez GonzálezDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: msanch42@jhmi.edu.
Elizabeth VásquezDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, New York, NY.
Margarita AlegríaDisparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
University at Albany, State University of New York · US

Funding

Building Community Capacity for Disability Prevention for Minority Elders Diversity Supplement IIR01AG046149 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ALEGRIA, MARGARITA · 2014 to 2024
$9.4M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG046149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectiveGiven the chronicity of depression and anxiety disorders in late life, maintenance treatments may have a role in preserving healthy functioning. This study aims to understand the state of the science on maintenance psychotherapies for Black, Asian, and Latinx older adults.

designScoping review.

methodsA priori protocol was prospectively published. Four databases were searched up to December 1, 2021. Eligible studies were conducted in the United States or Puerto Rico and focused on maintenance psychotherapies treating depression, anxiety, or both in adults 60+. Due to the underrepresentation of Black, Asian, and Latinx participants, studies were included irrespective of the participant's racial or ethnic background.

resultsA total of 3,623 unique studies were retrieved, and eight studies were included. Two studies represented randomized clinical trials, and six were studies of post hoc analyses. All studies were from the same research team, had similar maintenance treatments, and focused on depression. Studies included racially homogenous samples (94-98% White). The primary outcome was the recurrence of a major depressive episode. Across studies, maintenance psychotherapy shows promise in preventing the recurrence of depression in some older adults.

conclusionExpanding the scope of knowledge from achieving optimal functioning to sustaining those changes in older adults is a significant public health challenge given symptom recurrence. The small body of knowledge on maintenance psychotherapies shows a promising direction in maintaining healthy functioning following recovery from depression. However, opportunities remain to expand the evidence of maintenance psychotherapies with a more significant commitment to the inclusion of diverse populations.

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Major Depressive DisorderAgedAnxietyAnxiety DisordersHumansPsychotherapymaintenance psychotherapiesMental healtholder adultsracially and ethnically diverse groups

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PMID36906396
PMCPMC10257766
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