The arrival of COVID-19 brought a rise in mental health concerns and most Americans say the country faces a crisis. Older adults haven't been exempt from the mental toll of the pandemic, which has ...

Experiencing depression as an older adult can indicate that a person has dementia, according to a new study. Doctors should view older adults who experience depression later in life as possibly having ...

Long-term exposure to certain components of fine particulate air pollution was associated with a higher risk of developing depression among older adults.

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Social support interventions designed to combat depression and improve quality of life among older adults show limited effectiveness, according to a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis ...

Concurrent physical frailty and depression likely boost the risk of dementia in older people, with the interaction of these ...

A study conducted in the Netherlands found older adults with depression were at greater risk of polypharmacy than those without depression. Findings of a longitudinal observational study carried out ...

A new study in PLOS ONE discusses the association between depression and obesity. Study: Associations between adiposity measures and depression and well-being scores: A cross-sectional analysis of ...

Depression should not be considered a normal part of aging and should never be taken lightly. Feeling sad is a common reaction to loss, life struggles, or weakened self-esteem, but when those feelings ...

Depression can strike at any age, but new data highlights its significant impact on older adults, where it is the most common mental health condition. Around one in five people in later life ...

Karolinska Institutet has discovered that an already registered antidepressant, duloxetine, may also have positive effects on memory and cognitive functions in the elderly. "Both depression and ...

Let’s face it. We need to think outside the box when it comes to managing increasing rates of depression. The current approach relies on the timely identification of symptoms, followed by a ...