Citation

Robert PH. Rev. Prat. 2004; 54(7): 734-738.

Vernacular Title

Traitement des dépressions du sujet âgé.

Affiliation

Centre Mémoire de ressources & de recherche, CHU, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis--Pavilion M, hôpital Pasteur, 06002 Nice. PHILIPPE.ROBERT15@wanadoo.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, J B Bailliere et Fils)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15253289

Abstract

Depression is the most common mental health problem of later life. There is effective treatments for depression in primary care. Recommendation based on current evidence are: in primary care treatment there is no evidence that one class of antidepressant is anymore effective than others; although newer antidepressants are not more effective than older ones, they are better tolerated in healthy older people and in patients with medical co-morbidity and are safer especially in overdose. Lower dose antidepressant treatment is not recommended for older depressed patients.

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