Bibliographic information
GuidelineIntegrated care for older people: guidelines on community-level interventions to manage declines in intrinsic capacity
Year of Publication2017
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
Older adults who are experiencing depressive symptoms can be offered brief, structured psychological interventions, in accordance with WHO mhGAP intervention guidelines, delivered by health care professionals with a good understanding of mental health care for older adults.
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low