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                        JeffNEWS, February 21, 1995
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Grant Enables Geriatric Psychiatrists to Study Factors That 
May Prove Successful in Treating Elderly for Depression
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Barry W. Rovner, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and human 
behavior and director of the division of geriatric psychiatry, has received 
a one-year, $82,000 grant from Ralston House for a study, "Geriatric 
Depression Outcome." 

Dr. Rovner and co-investigator Edward Kim, MD, assistant professor in 
the department, will study the medical, social and psychological factors 
that produce the best results for older persons being treated for 
depression.

Ralston House is an independent non profit corporation that has provided 
services to older adults since 1817. It develops services to meet the 
medical, mental-health and quality-of-life needs of elderly persons and, in 
addition, facilitates research, education and training in the care of the 
elderly.


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