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Prevention of Late-Life Depression pp 99–112Cite as

Indicated Prevention

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Although most progress in the field of indicated and other types of prevention of mental disorders has been made in children and adolescents, recent years have also seen a considerable progress of research among older adults. This research has resulted in a growing body of knowledge on how to identify those with the highest risk of developing a mental disorder, several preventive interventions, and some randomized controlled trials showing that (indicated) prevention may be possible and effective in older adults.

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This work was supported in part by the NIMH grant P30 MH90333 and the UPMC Endowment in Geriatric Psychiatry.

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  1. Department of Clinical Psychology, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University, Van der Boechorststraat 1, Amsterdam, 1081 BT, The Netherlands

    Pim Cuijpers Ph.D. & Charles F. Reynolds III M.D.

  2. Division Health Trainings Online, Leuphana University Innovation Incubator, Lueneburg, Germany

    Pim Cuijpers Ph.D., Claudia Buntrock M.Sc. & David Daniel Ebert Ph.D.

  3. Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany

    David Daniel Ebert Ph.D.

  4. Department of Psychiatry, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Aartjan T. F. Beekman M.D., Ph.D. & Charles F. Reynolds III M.D.

  5. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Charles F. Reynolds III M.D.

  6. Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Charles F. Reynolds III M.D.

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Cuijpers, P., Buntrock, C., Ebert, D.D., Beekman, A.T.F., Reynolds, C.F. (2015). Indicated Prevention. In: Okereke, O. (eds) Prevention of Late-Life Depression. Aging Medicine, vol 9. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16045-0_7

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