What we want you to know is Geriatric depression is very prone to relapse, with one in two patients experiencing more than one episode. This means that the treatment and follow-up of depression in the elderly should be longer, and the drug clipping path service should not be stopped immediately after the depression improves. Text: Medical Heart Space - Jian Wanxi (specialist in psychiatry) This article is based on the experience of in-office whispers, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based cognitive psychotherapy in a psychiatric outpatient clinic. All conversations have been rewritten to remove all descriptions that could identify specific identities. If there is a coincidence,
please do not be seated. Older people with depression do not necessarily experience depression, but they often complain of physical discomfort. Compared with general adult depression, senile depression is difficult to detect and diagnose. Even if family members are aware of it, they want to take the patient to see a doctor, but they are often rejected and reprimanded, thus delaying treatment. Elderly depression often delays treatment Older people with depression do not necessarily experience depression, but they often complain of physical discomfort. Compared with general adult depression, senile depression is difficult to detect and diagnose.
ven if family members are aware of it, they want to take the patient to see a doctor, but they are often rejected and reprimanded, thus delaying treatment. Similar to the general adult depression, the longer the senile depression is delayed, the later the treatment, the worse the treatment response. What is geriatric depression? Late-Life Depression (LLD) refers to a depressive mood disorder that begins around the age of 60-65. Geriatric depression is different from general adult depression in that it is characterized by abundant physical symptoms (body aches, gastroesophageal reflux, chest tightness, slow speech), deficits in cognitive and executive functions, decreased quality of life,