Detecting and managing late-life depression

In older people this common condition tends not to present with pure mood symptoms as outlined in standard diagnostic criteria

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At a broad community level, rates of common mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression, decline across age groups from young adulthood to middle age and young-old age (60-75 years), according to data from the National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

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