title: Diagnosing, treating depression in the elderly.
abstract: Depression is a clinical syndrome prevalent in older adults. In this article, David Greenspan, MD, coh-chair of the Psychiatric Physicians of Pennsylvania's Geriatric Psychiatry Committee, discusses the diagnosis and management of the depressed geriatric patient.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoepfer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team