The NIMH collaborative study (non-geriatric-age adults) reported that psychotherapy was equivalent in efficacy to antidepressant medication for all but the most severe depressions. [54] Many ...

Depression in older adults, also called geriatric depression, is a mental and emotional disorder affecting older adults. Feelings of sadness and occasional “blue” moods are normal. However ...

Both Julia and Al sought help from their doctors, and each was diagnosed with depression, a disorder that's as common in the elderly as it is in younger people. And both, fortunately, were ...