Diagnosing, treating depression in the elderly.
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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