The economic, public health, and caregiver burden of late-life depression.
This article reviews the burden of late-life depression (LLD) from several perspectives, including costs of depression treatment and treatment of other comorbid psychiatric and medical conditions; the impact of LLD on job functioning, disability, and retirement; and how LLD influences others, such as family members and caregivers.
Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, Center for Clinical Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan Medical School, Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA. Electronic address: kzivin@umich.edu.
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D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D005192:Family Health / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011634:Public Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
Caregiver burden; Costs; Late-life depression; Public health; Retirement