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- Title
Treatment of Depressive Conditions in Later Life: Real-World Light for Dark (or Dim) Tunnels.
- Authors
Lyness, Jeffrey M.
- Abstract
Editorial. Offers an editorial regarding depression in old age. Depression in old age as a major public health problem; Risk factors for mortality from general medical conditions as well as suicide; Treatment for geriatric major depression with pharmacology and psychotherapy; Discussion of the diagnostic criteria for major depression among the elderly; Evidence for treatment of less-than-major depression in the elderly; Rates of suicide in older adults; Evaluation of a trial of a home-based program called the Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives for Seniors, found in the April 7, 2004 issue; Importance of treatment that is psychosocial; Disparities in Medicare reimbursement for depression and other mental illnesses compared with physical disorders.
- Subjects
DEPRESSION in old age; MENTAL depression; DEPRESSED persons; MENTAL illness treatment; SUICIDE risk factors; GERIATRIC psychiatry; PUBLIC health; MENTAL health; MEDICAL care for older people; PREVENTIVE health services for older people
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 13, p1626
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.13.1626