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Late-life chronic depression
— a 399-case study in private practice | | Author(s) | Franco Benazzi |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 1, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1-6 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Clinical differences between late-life depression and depression in younger patients have been reported in previous research. A major feature of this Italian study was the inclusion of a large number of bipolar II patients, usually not included in previous studies. 399 consecutive unipolar (n=200) and bipolar II (n=199) depression outpatients in a private practice were interviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV and depression rating scales. Chronic depression was more common in older than in younger patients (53.6% vs 40.1%). Late-life chronic depression patients had later age at onset, longer duration of illness, fewer bipolar II cases, more unipolar cases, and more relapses than younger chronic depression patients. Results suggest that late-life depression is more likely to be chronic than depression in younger patients. The sub-typing of chronic depression according to age seems to be supported by a different age at onset and some clinical differences. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000419001 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 76V |
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