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- Title
Geriatric Depression in Primary Care.
- Authors
Alexopoulos, George S.
- Abstract
The article discusses the prevalence of geriatric depression in primary care. Geriatric depression is much higher in medical settings than in the community. Epidemiological studies show that major depression occurs in 1 % of the general elderly population while 3% of community residing elderly individuals suffer from dysthymia and 8-15% have clinically significant depressive symptomatology. Depression is underdiagnosed in primary care settings. Studies of mixed-age medical patients suggest that only 35-43% of depressed patients are identified by their physicians.
- Subjects
GERIATRIC psychiatry; MENTAL health of older people; PRIMARY care; MENTAL depression; NEUROSES in old age; DEPRESSION in old age
- Publication
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1996, Vol 11, Issue 5, p397
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199605)11:5<397::AID-GPS493>3.0.CO;2-Y