Comparative Group Psychotherapy for the Aged

Psychological treatment of late-life anxiety: An empirical review.

“…The following studies were excluded from the analyses: n ϭ 1 studies (studies based on qualitative analyses and/or insufficient statistics; Garrison, 1978); studies evaluating pharmacological treatments only (e.g., Flint & Rifat, 1997); studies with only one session of therapy (Powers & Wisocki, 1997;Rankin, Gilner, Gfeller, & Katz, 1993); studies investigating effects of anxiety treatment in nonclinical (within the normal range) populations (Scates, Randolph, Gutsch, & Knight, 1986); studies presenting treatment vignettes (Carmin & Wiegartz, 2000); and, finally, studies with insufficient statistical information to permit calculation of an effect size (Chinen, 1986;Hussian, 1981;Ingersoll & Silverman, 1978;Moffatt, Mohr, & Ames, 1995;Molinari & Williams, 1995). The following studies were excluded from the analyses: n ϭ 1 studies (studies based on qualitative analyses and/or insufficient statistics; Garrison, 1978); studies evaluating pharmacological treatments only (e.g., Flint & Rifat, 1997); studies with only one session of therapy (Powers & Wisocki, 1997;Rankin, Gilner, Gfeller, & Katz, 1993); studies investigating effects of anxiety treatment in nonclinical (within the normal range) populations (Scates, Randolph, Gutsch, & Knight, 1986); studies presenting treatment vignettes (Carmin & Wiegartz, 2000); and, finally, studies with insufficient statistical information to permit calculation of an effect size (Chinen, 1986;Hussian, 1981;Ingersoll & Silverman, 1978;Moffatt, Mohr, & Ames, 1995;Molinari & Williams, 1995).…”

Group Work as Interventive Modality with the Older Depressed Client: A Meta-analytic Review

“…The use of nonequivalent control groups and the belief that the problems of the elderly are intractable may also contribute to the relative ambiguity of outcomes in this particular domain of research (Ingersoll & Silverman, 1978;Linden, 1955;Settin, 1982).…”

Brief group psychotherapy at retirement

“…In terms of patients' responses, good results are seen with cognitive reinforcement (Steuer et al, 1984), Yalom's (1985) interactive style (Lieberman & Gourash, 1979) and here-and-now techniques (Ingersoll & Silverman, 1978). Reminiscing is usually integrated into the here and now, while the use of the group-as-a-whole has been found to be least effective, perhaps due to the strong antiregression bias built into this work with the elderly.…”

“…Emphasis has been more on the individual within the group, rather than on the group-as-a-whole. Overall, however, it seems that no particular technique is superior to any other (Luborsky et al, 1976;Ingersoll & Silverman, 1978;Steuer et al, 1984). The most important variable seems to be matching the method to patients' needs and capabilities.…”