A meta-analysis of preventive psychosocial interventions against depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults.

Psychol Med · 2026 · PMC13200161 · PMID 42132005

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For anxiety, out of 309 reasonable specifications, 190 (61%) yielded significant negative summary effects with only 22 specifications leading to positive effects, all of which failed to reach significance.

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