Depression in the elderly
EBM Guidelines
Mar 17, 2021 • Latest change Sep 22, 2022
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- Recognize depression in an elderly person. It is often an underdiagnosed and undermanaged illness.
- Manage acute depression with the aim of alleviating all symptoms.
- Improve the patient’s quality of life by offering support and providing medications in such a way that the adverse effects are minimized.
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Aged, Antidepressive Agents, Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic, Anxiety, Citalopram, Dementia, Depression, F32*, F33*, F34.1, Geriatrics, Glaucoma, Hypotension, Orthostatic, Mianserin, Paroxetine, Psychiatry, Urinary Retention, apathetic depression, paranoid depression, serotonin antagonists, suicidality, tendency to fall, venlafaxine