J Korean Geriatr Psychiatry.  2004 Dec;8(2):90-95.

Geriatric Depression

• Kim DH

Abstract

Geriatric depression is a major public health problem. There has been significant progress in our understanding of the nature, clinical course, and treatment of geriatric depression. Important new findings have emerged in a number of areas directly affecting clinical care and have, in turn, stimulated further research. These findings include the association of geriatric depression with brain abnormality and vascular disease;clinical importance of subsyndromal depression;the possible role of sex hormone;the clinical utility of new antidepressant treatments:and clear relationship between depression and suicide. These new findings in various area of geriatric depression were discussed in the present article.

Keyword

Geriatric depression; Brain abnormality; Vascular disease Subsyndromal depression

MeSH Terms

Brain
Depression*
Public Health
Suicide