TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship of depression to medical illness in an older community population
AU - Kinzie, J. David
AU - Lewinsohn, Peter
AU - Maricle, Robert
AU - Teri, Linda
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - This report is on medically associated depression in a depressed sample of middle-aged and older community subjects. The 50 subjects represent 14 men and 36 women who met RCD criteria for depression (major, minor, and intermittent). Depression tended to be recurrent and to be quite lengthy. Thirty-eight were taking at least one medication, 19 of which could have been depressogenic. Forty-four had at least one medical diagnosis or problem determined by the history or the laboratory data. It was determined that depression was associated with a medical illness in 22, with a medication in four, and with both an illness and medication in seven. Thus, out of the 50, 52% were having depressions definitely or probably associated with a medical illness or medicine. Medical illness and medication use are commonly present in the elderly population, are often unrecognized, and can contribute to depression.
AB - This report is on medically associated depression in a depressed sample of middle-aged and older community subjects. The 50 subjects represent 14 men and 36 women who met RCD criteria for depression (major, minor, and intermittent). Depression tended to be recurrent and to be quite lengthy. Thirty-eight were taking at least one medication, 19 of which could have been depressogenic. Forty-four had at least one medical diagnosis or problem determined by the history or the laboratory data. It was determined that depression was associated with a medical illness in 22, with a medication in four, and with both an illness and medication in seven. Thus, out of the 50, 52% were having depressions definitely or probably associated with a medical illness or medicine. Medical illness and medication use are commonly present in the elderly population, are often unrecognized, and can contribute to depression.
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U2 - 10.1016/0010-440X(86)90048-9
DO - 10.1016/0010-440X(86)90048-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 3709139
AN - SCOPUS:0022499290
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 27
SP - 241
EP - 246
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -