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The objective of this study was to evaluate if art therapy is beneficial as an adjuvant treatment for depression in the elderly. Depression in the elderly is a significant common and growing problem that requires treatment.
A randomized controlled single-blind study was carried out in a sample of elderly women with major depressive disorder MDD stable on pharmacotherapy.
Depression in elderly women. Sometimes older people who are depressed appear to feel tired have trouble sleeping or seem grumpy and irritable. Confusion or attention problems caused by depression can sometimes look like Alzheimers disease or other brain disorders. Older adults also may have more medical conditions such as heart disease stroke or cancer which may cause depressive symptoms.
Or they may be taking. Few epidemiological data are available on affect such as anxiety anger and depression among elderly persons. Given the increase in the number of relatively older people epidemiological studies of aging are critically important.
The present study was undertaken to elucidate the relationship between age and these affects. Data obtained from 4302 women participating in a breast cancer screening. Depression in older adults may be undiagnosed or misdiagnosed because they may not exhibit obvious symptoms or may not be willing to discuss their feelings with others.
If you are an older adult you may be at a higher risk for depression if you are. Have a chronic illness. Are lonely or socially isolated.
Physical aches and pains. Almost one third 323 of the elderly women were depressed. The ward containing the highest number of cognitively and physically independent women contained 413 of the total depressed elderly.
A total of 521 of all depressed elderly had other associated clinical or psychiatric disorders with mental retardation and hypothyroidism being the most frequent. Depression in working-class elderly women can be characterized by an ongoing negotiation of limited statuses and roles in which control over ones self is paramount. Keywords depression elderly women aging self in-depth interviews race gender and class.
Depression can occur in the elderly but it is not a normal part of aging. While most people experience periods of sadness at times depression is a treatable medical condition. Prevalence of depression among older adults.
Depression is more common among women than men likely due to certain biological hormonal and social factors that are unique to women. This brochure contains an overview of five things that everyone should know about depression in women. Depression is a real medical condition.
Depression is a common but serious mood disorder. Depression symptoms can interfere with your ability to work. Distinguish grief from depression.
By the age of 65 half of American women will be widows. And in 10 to 15 percent of spouses the loss of their loved one leads to chronic depression. Many factors can increase an elderly persons risk of developing depression including.
80 of older adults suffer from a chronic medical condition such as cancer diabetes or heart disease. Living alone with lack of a support system. In the elderly depression often occurs with other medical illnesses and disabilities and lasts longer.
Depression in the elderly often increases their risk of cardiac diseases. Depression doubles an elderly persons risk of cardiac diseases and increases their risk of death from illness. At the same time depression reduces an elderly persons ability to rehabilitate.
Depression in women is very common. Between 10 and 25 of women will experience an episode of major or clinical depression at some point in their life. In fact women are twice as likely to.
Yaffe K Blackwell T Gore R Sands L Reus V Browner W. Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in nondemented elderly women. Philibert RA Richards L Lynch CP Winokur G.
The effect of gender and age at onset of depression on mortality. Depression in the elderly is a significant common and growing problem that requires treatment. It has serious implications for the patient family and community.
Identification followed by a thorough assessment can help guide the selection of an appropriate antidepressant medication. APAs Clinical Practice Guideline recommends three psychotherapy interventions as well as a second-generation antidepressant selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs selective-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors SNRIs or norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors NDRIs for the treatment of depression in older adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate if art therapy is beneficial as an adjuvant treatment for depression in the elderly.
A randomized controlled single-blind study was carried out in a sample of elderly women with major depressive disorder MDD stable on pharmacotherapy. The experimental group EG was assigned to 20 weekly art therapy sessions 90 minsession.