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The Depressed Elderly Living in the Community

A Follow-Up Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

O. Ben-Arie ,
M. Welman  and
A. F. Teggin
O. Ben-Arie*
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, Republic of South Africa
M. Welman
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, Republic of South Africa
A. F. Teggin
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, Republic of South Africa
*
∗ Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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In a 1982 community survey, 23 elderly respondents were rated as having a depressive disorder by catego. Twenty survivors were followed up three and a half years later. The depression had remitted within one year in seven cases but nine were still depressed. There is a need for ongoing education of GPs about the recognition and course of depression in the elderly.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 425 - 427
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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