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| The prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of depression in dementia patients in chronic care facilities in the last six months of life | | Author(s) | Martin M Evers, Steven C Samuels, Melinda Lantz |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 5, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 464-472 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Depression ; Diagnosis ; Therapy ; Terminal care ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Perimortal data regarding dementia severity, depressive symptoms and diagnosis, and medication for 279 dementia patients and 24 normal controls brought to autopsy through a US Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center were reviewed. Major depression was highly prevalent in both dementia patients and normal controls in the last 6 months of life. This depression was under-diagnosed by physicians, and may be an important clinical issue. As physician diagnosis of depression has not improved with time, further training and awareness sessions may be warranted. Depression is a treatable cause of excess morbidity and mortality, and was under-treated in all groups studied. The prevalent use of anxiolytics and hypnotics for depressed patients is problematic. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020529210 A |
| Classmark | EA: ENR: LK7: LO: LV: 7T |
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