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Citalopram treatment of minor depression in elderly men: an open pilot study
John W Kasckow1, Jeff Welge, Brendan T Carroll
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and the Cincinnati VAMC, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0559, USA.
Abstract:
Antidepressant pharmacotherapy in elderly patients is challenging. The authors examined the use of citalopram to treat late-life minor depression. Ten men (mean age: 73+/-2 years) with DSM-IV Minor Depression were administered citalopram 20 mg/day. Efficacy was measured with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), and the Clinical Global Impressions of Severity (CGI-S) scales. Citalopram was well tolerated, and GDS, MADRS, and CGI-S scores decreased after 12 weeks. These findings indicate that citalopram is safe and effective in the treatment of late-life minor depression.