Memories of the treatment of depression interventions Progress.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 22 Memories of the treatment of depression interventions Progress Study: High-Jing Feng Yuan Qun Guo-Ping Hui [Keywords:] reminiscence therapy, age, depression, intervention Elderly mental health care is facing serious challenges, symptoms of depression in the elderly is one of the most common mental illness, it can lead to severe emotional pain, physical function decline and increased risk of death, great harm to the mental health of the elderly and quality of life (1). the medical model of change and to human health as the central concept of the establishment of the overall nursing care, domestic and foreign intervention of elderly Depression continued to deepen. reminiscence therapy as a psychological intervention, mainly through of past events, feelings, and ideas of the review, to help people to increase happiness and improve the quality of life and ability to adapt to existing environments. study confirmed (2,3), the use of reminiscence therapy can effectively prevent or reduce the symptoms of elderly depression and improve self-esteem, help the elderly cope with the crisis of depression, loss and life changes, and increase life satisfaction and quality of life. An overview of geriatric depression 1.1 Definitions Refers to the existence of depression in old age (gt; = 60 groups of depression, including primary depression (including youth or adult-onset and old age and a variety of secondary recurrent depression (4). To persistent depression The main clinical features of mood, mainly for depression, anxiety, retardation and physical discomfort, and can not be classified the same as physical illness and organic brain lesions (5). recurrent depression with the characteristics of long duration, continuous average of 6 to 12 months. 1.2 Incidence Depression in older people with a high incidence, the American Psychological Association’s findings show that in 2004 the incidence of depressive symptoms in older American