Chronicity and relapse in geriatric depression.
Recent advances in the methodology of longitudinal investigations have permitted the identification of predictors of chronicity and relapse of depression. However, findings from mixed-age populations may not be directly applicable to geriatric depression. The effects of medical illness, cognitive dysfunction, and neuroradiological abnormalities on the outcome of geriatric depression merit further evaluation. Late-onset depression requires special attention, since medical and neurological disorders may be particularly important factors in these cases.
Alexopoulos
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GS
Department of Psychiatry, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, White Plains.
Young
R C
RC
Abrams
R C
RC
Meyers
B
B
Shamoian
C A
CA
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012008:Recurrence