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• Ayers, C. R., Sorrell, J. T., Thorp, S. R., & Wetherell, J. L. (2007). Evidence-based psychological treatments for late-life anxiety. Psychology and Aging, 22(1), 8–17. 
• Banerjee, D., Rabheru, K., Ivbijaro, G., & De Mendonca Lima, C. A. (2021). Dignity of older persons with mental health conditions: Why should clinicians care? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.
• Biering, P. (2018). Helpful approaches to older people experiencing mental health problems: a critical review of models of mental health care. European Journal of Ageing, 16(2), 215–225.
• Bodner, E., Palgi, Y., & Wyman, M. F. (2018). Ageism in mental health assessment and treatment of older adults. In International perspectives on aging (pp. 241–262).
• Burnes, D., Sheppard, C., Henderson, C. R., Wassel, M., Cope, R., Barber, C., & Pillemer, K. (2019). Interventions to Reduce Ageism Against Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Public Health, 109(8), e1–e9. 
• Forsman, A. K., Schierenbeck, I., & Wahlbeck, K. (2010). Psychosocial Interventions for the Prevention of Depression in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Aging and Health, 23(3), 387–416.
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists, & Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, M. of E. (2018). Suffering in silence: age inequality in older people’s mental health care. In College Report.
   

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