ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2012
Treatment of depression in older adults.
Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of different types of mind-body exercises on depressive symptoms in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- AI in Medical Questionnaires: Scoping ReviewJournal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- A multi- and mixed-method adaptation study of a patient-centered perioperative mental health intervention bundle.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Depression and Pseudodementia: Decoding the Intricate Bonds in an Italian Outpatient Setting.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- A Patient-Centered Perioperative Mental Health Intervention Bundle: A Multi- and Mixed-Method Adaptation Study.Research square · 2023Article
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- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Regulates Brain Connectivity in Patients With Late-Life Depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Late-life depression: issues for the general practitioner.International journal of general medicine · 2018Review
- Optimization of Antidepressant use with Pharmacogenetic Strategies.Current genomics · 2017Article
- Antidepressant pharmacotherapy in old-age depression-a review and clinical approach.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2017Review
- The Psychosocial Challenges and Care of Older Adults with Diabetes: "Can't Do What I Used To Do; Can't Be Who I Once Was".Current diabetes reports · 2016Review
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Abstract
Depression is the most frequent mental disorder in older people, often causing emotional distress and reduced quality of life. Despite its clinical significance, depression remains underdiagnosed and inadequately treated in older patients. Regarding prognosis, data suggest that almost 70% of patients, treated long enough and with appropriate doses, recover from an index episode of depression. Antidepressants are efficient for treating depressed outpatients with several comorbid physical diseases as well as hospitalized patients, with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors being the antidepressants of choice for older patients. Available data can guide pharmacological treatment in both the acute and maintenance stages, but further research is required to guide clinical strategies when remission is not achieved. Approaches for the management of resistance to treatment are summarized, including optimization strategies, drug changes, algorithms, and combined and augmentation pharmacological treatments. Finally, additional therapeutic choices such as electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and integrated psychotherapy are presented.
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