The incidence of depression in the elderly and their follow-up studies (review).docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 17 The incidence of depression in the elderly and their follow-up studies (review) Keywords: elderly depression Old age (or older) depression, refers to exist in old age (≥ 60) in this particular population depression. Includes a broader, including both primary (including youth or adult-onset, recurrence of old age), and can be found in old age a variety of secondary depression. Strict and narrow depression in the elderly is specific to the first incidence of ≥ 60-year-old primary depression. Internationally accepted diagnostic and classification system for mental illness, such as the World Health Organization ‘International Classification of Diseases and classification of mental and behavioral disorder category’ 10th edition (I CD-10, 1992), the American Psychiatric Association ‘Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ No. 4 Edition (DSM-Ⅳ , 1994) and China’s ‘China programs and diagnosis of mental illness classification standard’ version 2 revised (CCMD-2-R, 1994) none of the depression in the elderly as an independent diagnostic category. However, the age of onset, clinical phase, course and prognosis of depression in general there are also many differences. Therefore, some people think that depression in the elderly may be a particular subtype of depression, there is no conclusive (1). At present, China has entered the national ranks of aging, old-age depression is second only to Alzheimer’s disease a more common mental disorders, we need to face a new topic in the future and challenges, should have aroused extensive attention and attention of the medical profession. First, the diagnosis of depression in the elderly problem More and more evidence that the clinical symptoms of depression are a group rather than a disease. In many diagnostic criteria for depressive disorder were classified into different sections under the terms used in more. Of different diagnostic criteria and classification of depression is also differe