Factors predicting the relapse of depression in old age

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-119

  Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a   Viramo, Petteri ^a   Pahkala, Kimmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b State Provincial Office of Western Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033995056     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200002)15:2<112::AID-GPS83>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Alexopoulos, G. S., Young, R. C. and Abrams, RC et al. (1989) Chronicity and relapse in geriatric depression. Biol. Psychiat. 26, 551-564.
2. American Psychiatric Association (1980) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd edn. (DSM-III). APA, Washington DC.
3. Baldwin, R. C. and Jolley, D. J. (1986) The prognosis of depression in old age. Brit. J. Psychiat. 149, 574-583.
4. Belsher, G. and Costello, C. G. (1988) Relapse and recovery from unipolar depression: A critical review. Psych. Bull. 104, 84-96.
5. Brodaty, H., Harris, L. and Peters, K et al. (1993) Prognosis of depression in the elderly: A comparison with younger patients. Brit. J. Psychiat. 163, 589-596.
6. Cole, M. G. (1985) The course of elderly depressed outpatients. Can. J. Psychiat. 30, 217-220.
7. Hamilton, M. (1960) A rating scale for depression. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat. 23, 56-62.
8. Hinrichsen, G. A. and Hernandez, N. A. (1993) Factors associated with recovery from and relapse into major depressive disorder in the elderly. Am. J. Psychiat. 150, 1820-1825.
9. Kivelä, S.-L. (1995) Long-term prognosis of major depression in old age: A comparison with prognosis of dysthymic disorder. Int. Psychoger. 7(Suppl.), 69-82.
10. Kivelä, S.-L. and Pahkala, K. (1989) The prognosis of depression in old age: A community study. Int. Psychoger. 1, 119-133.
11. Kivelä, S.-L., Pahkala, K. and Laippala, P. (1988) Prevalence of depression in an elderly Finnish population. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 78, 401-413.
12. Kivelä, S.-L., Pahkala, K. and Laippala, P. (1991) A one-year prognosis of dysthymic disorder and major depression in old age. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiat. 6, 81-87.
13. Kivelä, S.-L., Köngäs-Saviaro, P. and Pahkala, K et al. (1993) Five-year prognosis for dysthymic disorder in old age. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiat. 8, 939-947.
14. Kivelä, S.-L., Köngäs-Saviaro, P. and Kesti, E et al. (1994) Five-year prognosis for depression in old age. Int. Psychoger. 6, 69-78.
15. Lääkintöhallitus (1969) Tautiluokitus, Helsinki.
16. Meats, P., Timol, M. and Jolley, D. (1991) Prognosis of depression in the elderly. Brit. J. Psychiat. 159, 659-663.
17. Murphy, E. (1983) The prognosis of depression in old age. Brit. J. Psychiat. 142, 111-119.
18. Post, F. (1962) The significance of affective symptoms in old age. Maudsley Monographs 10. Oxford University Press, London.
19. Tennant, C. and Andrews, G. (1979) A scale to measure the stress of life events. Austr. NZ J. Psychiat. 10, 27-32.
20. Wilson, L. A. and Brass, W. (1973) Brief assessment of the mental state in geriatric domiciliary practice. The usefulness of the mental status questionnaire. Age Ageing 2, 92-101.
21. Zung, W. W. K. (1965) A self-rating depression scale. Arch. Gen. Psychiat. 12, 63-70.