Geriatric delusional depression. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Delusional depression frequently is encountered in the treatment of older psychiatric patients. Although the pathogenesis of this disorder and its relationship to organic brain lesions remains unclear, somatic treatment, especially with ECT, leads to initial recovery in the majority of cases. High rates of relapse and the possibility of increased mortality in these patients argue for studies of the effectiveness of maintenance treatments.

publication date

  • May 1, 1992

Research

keywords

  • Aging
  • Delusions
  • Depressive Disorder

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0026637351

PubMed ID

  • 1600480

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 8

issue

  • 2