Chapter 3. Depression in Elderly Patients

  1. Stephen Jackson Professor of Geriatric Medicine2,
  2. Paul Jansen3,
  3. Arduino Mangoni4
  1. Richard Weeks,
  2. Ross Kalucy,
  3. Jo Hill

Published Online: 2 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch3

Book Title

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

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How to Cite

Weeks, R., Kalucy, R. and Hill, J. (2009) Depression in Elderly Patients, in Prescribing for Elderly Patients (eds S. Jackson, P. Jansen and A. Mangoni), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch3

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Department of Clinical Gerontology, King's College Hospital, London, UK

  2. 3

    Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  3. 4

    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Author Information

  1. Department of Psychiatry, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 2 APR 2009
  2. Published Print: 27 MAY 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470024287

Online ISBN: 9780470017975

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Keywords:

  • depression in elderly patients;
  • depression and cognitive dysfunction;
  • cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT);
  • treatment of depression in elderly patients - multimodal;
  • electroconvulsive therapy (ECT);
  • tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) - causing sedation

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Aetiology

  • Signs and symptoms

  • Diagnosis

  • Therapy

  • References

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