What is it about?
Late Life Depression is special in many ways - causes, evaluations, treatments, and outcome. This article appreciates the essential features and distinctions that contrast late life depression to the mood disorder that is seen in younger adults.
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Why is it important?
Because Late Life Depression requires special considerations in evaluation and treatment, familiarity with this article's contents will help clinicians achieve superior results.
Perspectives
The authors conclude their discussion with a suggestion that future editions of the DSM include a separate specifier for Depression in Later LIfe.
James Ellison
Thomas Jefferson University
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This page is a summary of: Late Life Depression: The Essentials and the Essential Distinctions, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, July 2021, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20210006.
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