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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 کاملReview of treatment for late-life depression
Late-life depressive disorder, occurring in those over the age of 60 years, is common, affecting over 9% of people living in the community (Beekman 1999; McDougall 2007) and 25% of those living in institutions (McDougall 2007). It is associated with reduced quality of life and high morbidity (Alexopoulos 2009a; Volicer 2012). It has a detrimental impact on recovery from physical illness (patien...
متن کاملClinical Interventions for Late-Life Anxious Depression
Anxiety symptoms are frequently present in patients with late-life depression. The designation "anxious depression" has been used to describe major depressive disorder (MDD) accompanied by clinically significant but subsyndromal anxiety symptoms. MDD may also present comorbid with diagnosable anxiety disorders, although this presentation is less common in late life. Diagnosis of anxious depress...
متن کاملPhysical exercise for late-life major depression.
BACKGROUND Interventions including physical exercise may help improve the outcomes of late-life major depression, but few studies are available. AIMS To investigate whether augmenting sertraline therapy with physical exercise leads to better outcomes of late-life major depression. METHOD Primary care patients (465 years) with major depression were randomised to 24 weeks of higher-intensity,...
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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Annals
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0048-5713,1938-2456
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20140306-07