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The depressed elderly living in the community. A follow-up study
O Ben-Arie1, M Welman, A F Teggin
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Republic of South Africa.
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
In a 1982 community survey, 23 elderly respondents were rated as having a depressive disorder by CATEGO. Twenty survivors were followed up three and a half years later. The depression had remitted within one year in seven cases but nine were still depressed. There is a need for ongoing education of GPs about the recognition and course of depression in the elderly.