Elderly depression in India: An emerging public health challenge.

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5. Depression as a Consequence of Presbycusis: A Study From a Government Tertiary Care Center in Uttarakhand.Cureus · 2025
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6. Association of perceived childhood socio-economic status and health with depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in India: using data from LASI Wave I, 2017-2018.BMC geriatrics · 2024
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7. Addressing the mental health needs of India's aging population: Understanding depression prevalence and social risk factors in tertiary care outpatients.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2023
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10. Depression and Associated Factors Among Older Adults in a North Indian State: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2023
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13. Prevalence and determinants of depression among old age: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of general psychiatry · 2021
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14. The architecture of the primary mental healthcare system for older people in India: what public policies tell us.International journal of mental health systems · 2021
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15. Depression, combined visual and hearing impairment (dual sensory impairment): a hidden multi-morbidity among the elderly in Residential Care in India.Scientific reports · 2021
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16. Association of self-perceived income status with psychological distress and subjective well-being: a cross-sectional study among older adults in India.BMC psychology · 2021
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17. Prevalence of depression amongst the Elderly population in old age homes of Mangalore city.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021
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18. Moving Out of Shadows: Depression among the Elderly in Dehradun District of Uttarakhand, India.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2020
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19. Estimation of the prevalence of depression using diagnostic instruments in the elderly population in India, 2000-2019: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2020
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20. Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with improved mental and cognitive health in older adults from non-Western developing countries.Public health nutrition · 2019
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