Home therapy may help depressed African American adults

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bringing treatment and other help to depressed, middle-aged and older African Americans in their homes was modestly effective in a new study. After four months of weekly one-hour sessions with a trained social worker, participants scored lower on a scale measuring symptoms of depression, compared to those who didn’t get the home visits. “Our focus was very much to help people address their immediate concerns and anxieties and become engaged in activities that are important to them,” Laura Gitlin, the study’s lead author, told Reuters Health. …