Follow up study of longstanding depression as predictor of mortality in elderly people living in the community.
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Longstanding and recurrent depressive disorders are quite common in elderly people. 2 Not much is known, however, of their clinical course and prognosis, including mortality. The need for treatment of longstanding, less severe depressive disorders is a matter of discussion. We studied the relation between longstanding or recurrent depressive disorders and mortality and that between recovery from depressive disorders and mortality in elderly people.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 318 7181 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999