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===== Primer ===== | ===== Primer ===== | ||
**Geriatric depression** (late-life depression) is one of the major [[geri:1-giants|geriatric giants]]. | **Geriatric depression** (late-life depression) is one of the major [[geri:1-giants|geriatric giants]]. | ||
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== Prevalence == | == Prevalence == | ||
The community prevalence rates of late-life depression is 11.2% for combined symptoms of major and minor depression.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3042842|Koenig, H. G., Meador, K. G., Cohen, H. J., & Blazer, D. G. (1988). Self‐rated depression scales and screening for major depression in the older hospitalized patient with medical illness. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 36(8), 699-706.]])] | The community prevalence rates of late-life depression is 11.2% for combined symptoms of major and minor depression.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3042842|Koenig, H. G., Meador, K. G., Cohen, H. J., & Blazer, D. G. (1988). Self‐rated depression scales and screening for major depression in the older hospitalized patient with medical illness. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 36(8), 699-706.]])] |