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| Management of late-life depression | | Author(s) | John Snowdon |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 17, no 2, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 57-62 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Drugs ; Psychiatric treatment. |
| Annotation | This paper considers various aspects of the management of late-life depression. Somatic treatments are more likely than psychological approaches to be effective in relieving melancholia, psychotic depression and bipolar depressive swings. A complex interplay of psychological and organic factors may account for depressions associated with medical conditions. Physical disability has a strong association with depression. Psychological and psychosocial interventions may be appropriate in managing non-melancholic, loss-related or situational depressions, although antidepressants are also effective in many cases. The paper concludes that research is needed to compare the effectiveness of antidepressants and non-pharmacological treatments in non-melancholic and "understandable" depressions. An optimistic and persistent approach will lead to a good and maintained outcome in most cases of depression, in spite of the losses of older age. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980616401 A |
| Classmark | ENR: LLD: LP |
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