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Depression in late-life — shifting the paradigm from treatment to prevention
Author(s)	Ellen M Whyte, Barry Rovner
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 8, August 2006
Pages	pp 746-751
Source	http://www.interscience.wiley.com
Keywords	Depression ; Preventative medicine ; Stroke ; Visual impairment ; Clinical surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Late-life depression is very common and is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. While the field of geriatric psychiatry is focused on depression treatment, prevention is an enticing option. Prevention of late-life depression would decrease both emotional suffering and depression-associated morbidity and mortality, and may decrease dependence on non-mental health professionals to detect depression and to initiate a treatment referral. This paper reviews current thinking on prevention research with a particular focus on its application to late-life depression. To illustrate these issues, the authors discuss recent and ongoing clinical trials of interventions to prevent depression in two populations of older people: those with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and those with cerebrovascular disease. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-061024006 A
Classmark	ENR: LK2: CQA: BR: 3G: 7T
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