Later-life depression and heart failure.
Using a case history to illustrate key points, this article (1) highlights depression criteria, prevalence, and later-life depression presentations; (2) discusses factors contributing to later-life depression; (3) reviews the interplay between heart failure and later-life depression; and (4) suggests screening and treatment recommendations for depression in patients with heart failure.
Section of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, 4250 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2700, USA. smaixner@umich.edu
Susan M
SM
Maixner
Laura
L
Struble
Mary
M
Blazek
Helen C
HC
Kales
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001007:Anxiety / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000928:Antidepressive Agents