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Depression in late life
Despite its prevalence and seriousness, depression in late life remains underappreciated as a source of disability and suffering for older people and their families. Despite a solid and substantial body of research, recognition of depression remains problematic and is often attributed to normal developmental changes in aging. Treatment efficacy data notwithstanding, the adequacy and appropriate...
متن کاملAetiology of late-life depression
Depressive disorder has no single cause. Arguably, in old age it is a more heterogeneous condition than in earlier adult life, in both clinical presentation and causation. A broad distinction is often made between earlyand late-onset depression in later life. The aetiology of these may differ and is currently the subject of new research. Aetiology is often subdivided into risk factors (vulnerab...
متن کاملAging and late-life depression.
OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between age and depression among people aged 65 and older. METHOD The study uses three waves of longitudinal data (1991, 1996, 2001) from a community and institutional sample of Canadians aged 65 and older. The study uses generalized linear mixed-model techniques to estimate the trajectories of depressive symptoms and major...
متن کاملProtection from late life depression.
I respect and like Dan Blazer more than (or at least as much as) any other psychiatrist I’ve met. He is a world expert on late life depression and a pre-eminent researcher and teacher – but that is why statements made by him in a recent guest editorial in this journal (Blazer, 2010) must not be left unchallenged. Blazer seeks an explanation of why the frequency of late life depression is estima...
متن کاملLate life depression: A literature review of late-life depression and contributing factors
Literature provides a wide variety of information about food intake, physical illness, and psychological disorders among the aging population. Late-onset of depression is one of the most common mental health problems in adults aged 60 or older. The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between late-life depression and nutrition intake among older adults. Secondly, lit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi169