Prevalence of major depressive disorder and dementia in psychogeriatric outpatients.
The relationship between depression and dementia in the elderly has been widely investigated, but the real interplay between these variables is still not clear. This observational study highlights the influence of some basic variables, such as sex and age, in the development of dementia and major depression. It shows (i) the importance of sex in the age of onset of depression and dementia, (ii) the presence of two types of depressive syndrome, the first linked to the development of dementia, the second as reactive depression; (iii) the need for more attention to depressive symptoms in young-elderly men.
Chinello
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University of Milan-Bicocca, Department of Clinical Medicine, Prevention and Sanitary Biotechnology, Division of Geriatrics, San Gerardo Hospital Monza, Monza, Italy.
Grumelli
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B
Perrone
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C
Annoni
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G
D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution