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Physiological Causes of Depression in the Elderly
Author(s) -
Cosgray Robert E.,
Hanna Vickie
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1993.tb00399.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychological intervention , relaxation (psychology) , psychiatry , psychology , major depressive disorder , medicine , cognition , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
The author outlines some common physiological causes of depression in the elderly, as well as some of the common manifestations of depressive symptoms seen in individuals within this age group.