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A Randomized Trial to Reduce the Prevalence of Depression and Self-Harm Behavior in Older Primary Care Patients

Osvaldo P. Almeida, Jane Pirkis, Ngaire Kerse, Moira Sim, Leon Flicker, John Snowdon, Brian Draper, Gerard Byrne, Robert Goldney, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, Nigel Stocks, Helman Alfonso and Jon J. Pfaff
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2012, 10 (4) 347-356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1368
Osvaldo P. Almeida
MD, PhD, FRANZCP
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  • For correspondence: osvaldo.almeida@uwa.edu.au
Jane Pirkis
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Ngaire Kerse
MB, ChB, PhD, FRNZCGP
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Moira Sim
MB, FRACGP
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Leon Flicker
MBBS, PhD, FRACP
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John Snowdon
MD, MPhil, FRCPsych
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Brian Draper
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Gerard Byrne
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Robert Goldney
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Nicola T. Lautenschlager
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Nigel Stocks
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Helman Alfonso
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vol. 10 no. 4 347-356
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1368
PubMed 
22778123

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 16, 2011
  • Revision received October 17, 2011
  • Accepted for publication November 2, 2011
  • Published online July 9, 2012.

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© 2012 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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  1. Osvaldo P. Almeida, MD, PhD, FRANZCP⇓1–3,
  2. Jane Pirkis, BSc, PhD4,
  3. Ngaire Kerse, MB, ChB, PhD, FRNZCGP5,
  4. Moira Sim, MB, FRACGP6,
  5. Leon Flicker, MBBS, PhD, FRACP2,7,8,
  6. John Snowdon, MD, MPhil, FRCPsych9,
  7. Brian Draper, MD, MBBS, FRANZCP10,
  8. Gerard Byrne, MBBS, PhD, FRANZCP11,
  9. Robert Goldney, MBBS, MD, FRANZCP12,
  10. Nicola T. Lautenschlager, MBBS, MD1,2,13,
  11. Nigel Stocks, DipPH, MD, FRACGP14,
  12. Helman Alfonso, MD, MHGen, PhD1,2 and
  13. Jon J. Pfaff, PhD1,2
  1. School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (Almeida, Lautenschlager, Alfonso, Pfaff); Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (Almeida, Flicker, Lautenschlager, Alfonso, Pfaff); Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia (Almeida); School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (Pirkis); School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Kerse); School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia (Sim); School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (Flicker); Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia (Flicker); Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (Snowdon); School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, (Draper); School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia (Byrne); Department of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia (Goldney); Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St Vincent’s Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (Lautenschlager); Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia (Stocks)
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Osvaldo P. Almeida, MD, WA Centre for Health & Ageing (M573), University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia, osvaldo.almeida{at}uwa.edu.au

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