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Recovery from depression in older depressed patients in primary care — relation with depression severity and social support
Author(s)	Philippe Cappeliez, Annie Robitaille, Jane McCusker
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 31, no 2, 2007
Publisher	The Haworth Press, Inc., 2007
Pages	pp 17-32
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Symptoms ; General practice ; Informal care ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	This Canadian study examines the differences between older patients with major depression who significantly improved or remitted and those who did not, in terms of baseline depression severity, social network and social support. 66 participants aged 60 or over were evaluated at a 2-month follow-up on depression symptomatology, diagnosis, and social network and support. Patients were less likely to improve if, at the onset of the study, depressive symptoms, in particular somatic ones, were more severe and if they viewed their social support as inadequate. This research underlines the importance of depression severity and emotional and instrumental social support for depression outcome with depressed older adults. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080513201 A
Classmark	ENR: CT: L5: P6: 3J: 7S
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