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Depression in Older Adults
Though depression and anxiety are common throughout the life cycle, depression and older age have commonly been associated with one another (Mulsant, 1998). ...
“A loss of a loved one, the older person will experience bereavement with signs similar to depression such as sadness, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, passive thoughts of suicide or death” (Turvey, 1999, p. ... Older depressed individuals often have severe feelings of sadness, but these feelings are not acknowledged. ... An older person may focus and complain about physical symptoms, not realizing that these are signs that the person is depressed (Gallo, 1999). ...
“Depression has been associated with loss of autonomy, diminished quality of life for older adults and their families, and diminished functional capacities, inadequate treatment of depression results in unnecessary functional impairment and associated costs“ (Dugue, 2002, p. ... Thinking that depression is an inevitable sign of aging, many older individuals ignore their symptoms. ...
Depression can occur at any age, but usually it is increased among older people. ... 1999 Conjugal loss and syndromal depression in a sample of elders aged 70
years and older.
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