Depression

Reports outline depression study results from R. Verkaik et al

Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, August 9th, 2009

In this recent study, researchers in Netherlands conducted a study "To provide insight into the prevalence and clinically relevant symptoms of comorbid depression among dementia patients in psychogeriatric nursing home wards, to enhance depression recognition. Cross-sectional analyses of multicenter diagnostic data."

"Psychogeriatric wards of Dutch nursing homes. Five hundred and eighteen residents with dementia. 1) Diagnosis of depression in dementia ( Provisional Diagnostic Criteria for Depression of Alzheimer disease [PDC-dAD]), 2) dementia ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition-PC), and 3) stage of dementia ( Geriatric Depression...

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Source: Nursing Home and Elder Business Week (2009-08-09)

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