Geriatric Depression
Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
;
: 90-95, 2004.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-180981
ABSTRACT
Geriatric depression is a major public health problem. There has been significant progress in our understanding of the nature, clinical course, and treatment of geriatric depression. Important new findings have emerged in a number of areas directly affecting clinical care and have, in turn, stimulated further research. These findings include the association of geriatric depression with brain abnormality and vascular disease;clinical importance of subsyndromal depression;the possible role of sex hormone;the clinical utility of new antidepressant treatmentsand clear relationship between depression and suicide. These new findings in various area of geriatric depression were discussed in the present article.
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Main subject:
Suicide
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Brain
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Public Health
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Depression
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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