Remission in Major Depression: Results from a Geriatric Primary Care Population

Azar AR, Chopra MP, Cho LY, Coakley E, Rudolph JL. Remission in major depression: results from a geriatric primary care population. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;26(1):48-55. 

Depression is a common mental health problem in older adults, and is linked with increased medical comorbidity, disability, and mortality, underscoring the importance of complete treatment of depression to remission. Improvement in major depression that results in residual symptoms, often referred to as response, has been shown to be associated with earlier relapse and recurrence of depression, continued functional disability, and mortality in the elderly. Because most patients are treated for depression in the primary care setting, identifying predictors of poor outcome may provide clinicians with valuable information on those patients requiring close follow-up and monitoring.

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