Geriatric Depression

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.