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Article: Depression in older adults.(geriatric depression)
- Article from:
- Adultspan Journal
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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The purpose of this article is to address selected aspects of depression in older adults. Specifically, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and interventions for depression in older adults are reviewed.
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Ageism can influence the diagnosis of depression in older adults because of a tendency of society to dismiss the "old person" as just being "grumpy." However, some older adults do experience depression that needs to be diagnosed and treated (Boyd & Bee, 2006). One needs only to review the cases in nursing and convalescent homes, hospitals, and senior citizen centers to recognize that crises arise for older adults as frequently and are ...