In:
International Psychogeriatrics, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 22, No. 2 ( 2010-03), p. 171-173
Abstract:
The frequency of late life depression is estimated to be low relative to the frequency in young adulthood and middle age, as documented in many community-based epidemiological studies from Western populations. We first reported such a low-frequency in 1980 (though we did not compare the frequency of late life depression with that earlier in life) (Blazer and Williams, 1980). Since that time, many community-based studies have documented this lower frequency (Blazer et al ., 1994; Kessler et al ., 2003; Hasin et al ., 2005). Yet a review of the origins of late life depression at first glance may suggest that older persons are at significant increased risk compared to adults in young adulthood and mid-life (Blazer, 2003; Blazer and Hybels, 2005).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1041-6102
,
1741-203X
DOI:
10.1017/S1041610209990895
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2010
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2147136-8
