Late-life depression with comorbid cognitive impairment and disability: nonpharmacological interventions. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Less than half of older adults with depression achieve remission with antidepressant medications, and rates of remission are even poorer for those with comorbid conditions. Psychosocial interventions have been effective in treating geriatric depression, either alone or better yet, in combination with antidepressant medications. Traditional strategies for nonpharmacological treatment of late-life depression do not specifically address the co-occurring cognitive impairment and disability that is prevalent in this population. Newer therapies are recognizing the need to simultaneously direct treatment efforts in late-life depression towards the triad of depressive symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and functional disability that is so often found in geriatric depression, and this comprehensive approach holds promise for improved treatment outcomes.

publication date

  • November 15, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Cognition Disorders
  • Depression

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3010167

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 79952642858

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2147/CIA.S9088

PubMed ID

  • 21228897

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 5