The comparative frequency of depression in various adult age groups.
This paper reviews some methodological problems in assessing the age distribution of depression, catalogues and summarizes the findings of various epidemiological surveys, and discusses the implications of these findings from the view point of public health, clinical diagnosis, and research into the etiology of depression.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D012737:Sex Factors; D013624:Taiwan; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States