- Title
- Diagnosis and management of depressed mood in the older person
- Creator
- Flynn, Brendan
- Relation
- Geriatric Medicine A Problem-Based Approach p. 99-108
- Relation
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3253-0_7
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Depressive symptoms are not synonymous with a depressive disorder. There is a wide range of explanations for depressive symptoms, many of which are not related to psychiatric illness. The presence or absence of melancholic symptoms is a core diagnostic distinction, particularly in the older individual. Effective treatment of a major depressive episode includes pharmacological, social and psychological strategies. The evidence for differential efficacy of antidepressants is modest.
- Subject
- depression; elderly people; depressive symptoms; melancholic symptoms
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1386514
- Identifier
- uon:32432
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789811032523
- Language
- eng
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