Normal Aging or Depression? A Qualitative Study on the Differences Between Subsyndromal Depression and Depression in Very Old People | Zendy

Mikael Ludvigsson | Zendy; Anna Milberg | Zendy; Jan Marcusson | Zendy; Ewa Wressle | Zendy

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Normal Aging or Depression? A Qualitative Study on the Differences Between Subsyndromal Depression and Depression in Very Old People

Author(s) -

Mikael Ludvigsson,

Anna Milberg,

Jan Marcusson,

Ewa Wressle

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnt162

Subject(s) - overdiagnosis , depression (economics) , psychosocial , qualitative research , psychology , clinical psychology , qualitative analysis , psychiatry , disease , medicine , gerontology , pathology , social science , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

The aim of this study was to make a qualitative comparison of experiences of being in very old people with subsyndromal depression (SSD), in relation to the experiences of very old people with syndromal depression or nondepression. Through investigation and deeper understanding of the interface between depressive disease and normal aging, clinicians might give more accurate prevention or treatment to those very old persons who need such help.

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