The arrival of COVID-19 brought a rise in mental health concerns and most Americans say the country faces a crisis. Older adults haven't been exempt from the mental toll of the pandemic, which has ...

Experiencing depression as an older adult can indicate that a person has dementia, according to a new study. Doctors should view older adults who experience depression later in life as possibly having ...

Treating late-life depression pharmacologically presents unique challenges due to age-related changes in drug absorption and ...

Depression should not be considered a normal part of aging and should never be taken lightly. Feeling sad is a common reaction to loss, life struggles, or weakened self-esteem, but when those feelings ...

Video: Dr. Martha Sajatovic discusses depression in the elderly and its treatment. Depression can often strike the elderly, but it is not a condition that is untreatable. In today's Senior Health ...

Your golden years are meant to be just that—golden. For many people, they are. Depression rates among people 60 and older hover at just under 6%, which is lower than the population as a whole. However ...

ST. LOUIS - Caroll Marlow, 71, said she has been rescued from clinical depression by researchers at Washington University who want to help people older than 60. Caroll Marlow meditates at her home in ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

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Let’s face it. We need to think outside the box when it comes to managing increasing rates of depression. The current approach relies on the timely identification of symptoms, followed by a ...