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Pharmacological Interventions (IN: Suicide in the Elderly: A Practitioner’s Guide to Diagnosis and Mental Health Intervention by N J Osgood)
Borson S~~Veith R C
Reviews the role of drugs in the management of the psychiatric disorders that predispose to suicide among the elderly, touches on indications for ECT, & discusses the place of individual psychotherapeutic approaches as adjuncts to pharmacotherapy. 38 refs.