Geriatric depression:clinical analysis of 78 cases / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the etiology,clinical features,treatment of geriatric depression.Methods A total 78 patients aged over 60 years who had their first depression attack were studied.All the clinical data which included the etiology,family history,clinical features and treatments were obtained from our hospital.Results These patients had anxiety,physical complaints,cognitive disorder as well as gloom,thinking paucity,loss of interest and low self-esteem.Socio-psychological factors and somatic diseases had significant effect on it;few patients had positive family history.Conclusion Geriatric depression has not only the clinical featrues of CCMD-3 but also the clinical features of anxiety,hypocondrtasis,physical complaints and cognitive disorder.