Medical Co-Morbidity, Brain Disease, and The Future of Geriatric Psychiatry

Depression and Associated Factors among Elderly Outpatients in Songklanagarind Hospital, Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…In the oldest ages of our study, those over 85 years old, (although we found no statistically significance of being at risk of depression), these people are usually faced with a more stressful life and associated events than those younger in age such as; significant, progressive physical impairment, multiple loss of significant persons, and especially several chronic medical illnesses. The lack of association of age with depression, as found in three previous studies 5,14,15 , was probably due to the small sample size in this group.…”

“…Whilst Thai people may be living longer they might also be living with many more physical disabilities, which in turn may lead to unavoidable, chronic medical diseases. 5 One-tenth of the elderly outpatients in this study suffered from depression. This alone demonstrated that depression was quite common in the outpatient setting.…”

“…3,4 Depression also has an association with many physical illnesses. 5 The ability to identify and treat elderly patients with depression, especcially among the elderly, is becoming more important nowadays.…”

Procedure for Organizing a Post-FDA-approval Evaluation of Antidepressants

“…Poor treatment of depression worsens medical outcomes [ 1 ], increases the risk of suicide [ 2 , 3 ], increases disability [ 4 ], hastens cognitive decline/dementia [ 5 ], increases falls/injuries [ 6 ], and causes drug-drug interactions [ 7 ], and wastes health care resources [ 8 ]. Depression can affect compliance with medication; patients may abandon effective medical treatment [ 9 ].…”