title: [Depression and environmental, cultural and psychosocial variables in aging: "the delusions and sweet sadness of the elderly"].
abstract: The need to distinguish, in the elderly, a condition that is strictly and exclusively psychological characterised by an attitude of "sweet sadness" from a frankly pathological situation typical of the clinical picture of depression is underlined.
authors.affiliation: Casa di Cura San Valentino, Roma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallese
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: La depressione e le variabili ambientali, culturali, psicosociali dell'invecchiamento: "le delusioni e la dolce tristezza dell'anziano".