✦ LIBER ✦

Social factors and depression in late life

✍ Scribed by Lenore H. Kurlowicz

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 837 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 1532-8228
DOI: 10.1016/0883-9417(93)90020-w

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Depression is a common mental health problem facing the eideriy that is often overlooked and subsequent& untreated by heaith care professionals. Recognition of the problem can be aided by knowiedge of the causes or at least the factors associated with it. Identification of specific social factors has important implications for geropsychiatric nursing practice, education, and research. The major social factors associated with depression in late life are reviewed. The contributions of social factors to the onset, course, and duration of depression are presented. Future research directions are also discussed.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Early-life risk factors for late-onset d

Early-life risk factors for late-onset depression

✍ Joel R. Sneed; Stephanie Kasen; Patricia Cohen 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 76 KB

## Abstract ## Objective To assess differences between women with no history of depression (No MDD), early‐onset depression (EOD), and late‐onset depression (LOD) on psychosocial risk factors (marital conflict and lack of social support), neuroticism, and overall self‐rated health. ## Method Dia

Lifetime urban/rural residence, social s

Lifetime urban/rural residence, social support and late-life depression in Korea

✍ Jae-Min Kim; Robert Stewart; Il-Seon Shin; Jin-Sang Yoon; Hyung-Yung Lee 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 87 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Background Population ageing and rural–urban migration are accelerating in many non‐Western nations. This study aimed to investigate: (i) the association between lifetime urban/rural residence and late‐life depression in Korea and (ii) modification of associations between depression

Modelling late-life depression

✍ Gordon Parker; John Snowdon; Kay Parker 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 93 KB

## Abstract ## Objective To determine if we could find support for a three‐class depression sub‐typing model (and identify differentiating constituent clinical features) in a sample of elderly depressed patients. ## Background Depression is currently modelled dimensionally, with little concessio

Depressive symptoms in late life

✍ Riitta-Liisa Heikkinen; Stig Berg; Kirsten Avlund 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Springer US 🌐 English ⚖ 875 KB

Medical comorbidity in late-life depress

Medical comorbidity in late-life depression

✍ Warren D. Taylor; Douglas R. McQuoid; K. Ranga Rama Krishnan 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 93 KB

## Abstract ## Objectives Medical comorbidity is common in elderly patients with depression, however the difference between depressed and non‐depressed elderly populations is not well established. Additionally, differences between subgroups of depressed populations, including those with MRI‐define

Amygdalae morphometry in late-life depre

Amygdalae morphometry in late-life depression

✍ Robert J. Tamburo; Greg J. Siegle; George D. Stetten; C. Aaron Cois; Meryl A. Bu 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 208 KB

## Abstract ## Objective The amygdalae have been a focus of mood disorder research due to their key role in processing emotional information. It has been long known that depressed individuals demonstrate impaired functional performance while engaged in emotional tasks. The structural basis for the