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Cerebrovascular disease and late life depression
 — an age old association revisited
Author(s)Rahul Rao
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol l5, no 5, May 2000
Pagespp 419-433
KeywordsCerebrovascular diseases ; Depression ; Literature reviews.
AnnotationA literature review based on searches of Medline, EMBASE, PsychLit and PsychInfo demonstrates that there is some evidence that cerebrovascular disease has an aetiopathological role in late life depression. The increased likelihood of damage to frontal or subcortical brain circuitry following stroke, transient ischaemia and hypertension may explain the high prevalence of depression in older people with vascular risk factors. The extrapolation to care settings from the high prevalence of depression accompanying cerebrovascular disease and the prolongation of disability in depressed people with stroke, suggests closer liaison between old age psychiatrists, neurologists and physicians caring for older people. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-000823214 A
ClassmarkCQ5: ENR: 64A

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