Dysphoria in the elderly.
Evidence is presented for distinguishing a clinical entity characterized by dysphoria associated with physical impairment, isolation and financial and social disadvantage in the elderly in residential care. Personality factors are believed to play a considerable part in the aetiology of the condition. A distinction is made between similar groups of elderly persons, in one of which dysphoria is associated with depression and a group of non-depressed, dysphoric individuals.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001519:Behavior; D003863:Depression / Q000145:classification; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment