To Activate or Not to Activate: An Integral Question for Self-Guided Behavioral Activation Interventions for Older Adults with Sub-Clinical Depression

Global statistics suggest that although nearly 15% of older adults by the age of 65 meet criteria for a major depressive episode1, many other older adults face sub-threshold levels of depression that still cause functional impairment and reduced quality of life. Despite concerns with polypharmacy, psychotropic medications continue to be a widely used intervention for depression among this population2 even in the presence of effective non-pharmacological evidence-based treatments such as behavioral activation (BA)3.
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research