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Protection from clinical depression in medical long‐term care facilities: Evidence for psychologic adaptation in cognitively intact patients
Author(s) -
Foster Jeffrey R.,
Cataldo Janine K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930090205
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , dementia , adaptation (eye) , psychology , long term care , population , construct (python library) , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , neuroscience , disease , macroeconomics , environmental health , pathology , computer science , economics , programming language
A recent study in a medical long‐term care facility (LTCF) population demonstrated evidence of psychologic adaptation in a predominantly demented population. We have also reported evidence of such adaptation which lowered the risk of depression in an LTCF sample. The present study extends the adaptational variables for depression compares areas of agreement between the dementia and depression studies, reviews the adaptational construct, and suggests clinical applications targeted to primary prevention of depression in this setting.