[45] The TCAs are effective agents in depression in the geriatric population with a long record of success. Nortriptyline is the best tolerated ... TCA therapy in the elderly, and anticholinergic ...

Rates of depression in primary care clinics range from 5% to 37%. Stressors such as chronic pain, medical disability, or the death of one's spouse are more commonly seen in the elderly and can ...

In psychotherapy, you speak in a private setting with a trained therapist. Depression in the elderly can worsen the problems associated with aging. It isn’t always easy to diagnose, but proper ...

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 ...