Elderly not being offered psychological therapies for depression

GPs are five times more likely to prescribe talking therapies to 50-year-olds than those over 85 Related items fromOnMedica Suicide no more likely in men on 5 α-reductase inhibitors Sharp rise in uptake of PCT memory services New evidence on benzodiazepine link to Alzheimer ’s Major depression is more persistent in older people Dementia diagnosis target should be 75% by 2017
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