Importance Depression in older adults is a common psychiatric disorder affecting their
health-related quality of life. Major depression occurs in 2% of adults aged 55 years or older …

Depression in older adults increases disability, medical morbidity, mortality, suicide risk, and
healthcare utilization. Most studies of antidepressants are conducted in younger adults, and …

Key Clinical Points Depression in the Elderly Late-life depression (occurring in persons 60
years of age or older) is common and is often associated with coexisting medical illness …

Objectives Depression in older patients contributes to personal suffering and family
disruption and increases disability, medical morbidity, mortality, suicide risk, and healthcare …

Objective: The authors systematically reviewed the management of treatment-refractory
depression in older people (defined as age 55 or older). Method: The authors conducted an …

Major depressive disorder is frequently undiagnosed and untreated in older patients. Grief,
pain, sleep issues, concurrent medications, altered physiology, and the presence of …

Approximately 14% of older Americans are now taking an antidepressant. 1–3 However, this
broad use has not been associated with a notable decrease in the burden of geriatric …

Despite improvements in antidepressant treatments, large numbers of elderly depressed
patients remain chronically depressed or have frequent relapses and recurrences of …

Geriatric depression is a common but frequently unrecognized or inadequately treated
condition in the elderly population. Manifestations of major depression in elderly persons …

Late-life depression is a serious public health problem and a concern for the primary care
physician. Illnesses that often occur with aging may present in association with depression …