Depression im Alter – was trägt die aktuelle epidemiologische Forschung bei?

Bevölkerungsmedizinische Bedeutung lange unterschätzt

Depressive Störungen im Alter sind folgenschwer. Sie sind mit Funktionsbeeinträchtigungen, einer reduzierten Lebensqualität, erhöhten Suizidraten sowie einer erhöhten nicht suizidalen Mortalität verbunden.

Obwohl die Erkrankungsgruppe einen festen Platz im Spektrum gerontopsychiatrischer Erkrankungen hat, wurde die bevölkerungsmedizinische Bedeutung für Hochaltrige lange unterschätzt.

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