Best practices in the management of late life depression: The Filipino context

• Main Author: Soriano, Jennifer Rose Jones
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Depression in old age—Philippines; Depression, Mental; Depressed persons—Counseling; Clinical Psychology; Counseling Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/1498
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study made an in-depth examination of the Filipino mental health professionals’ management of late-life depression within a local setting via qualitative research methods. Data obtained from this study had intended to add to local literature that can extend empirical evidence to help inform best practices in late-life depression management for the Filipino elderly. Symptoms’ detection and diagnosis, treatment delivery, treatment outcome evaluation, relapse counteraction, and late-life depression prevention were found to occur within a multidisciplinary approach marked by coordinated and/or collaborative functions and rendition of service amongst 4 prime stakeholders in mental healthcare (psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, and social workers). In essence, this study focused on the Philippine scenario of a multidisciplinary approach to the management of late-life depression. Implications and recommendations for clinical practice, training and education, and future research were discussed.