Introduction. Geriatric Depression Is The Most Common Serious

Introduction Geriatric depression is the most common serious disease in elderly people, especially with older hospital patients, yet is often difficult to diagnose and many primary care clinicians fail to recognize depression cases. This research examines the causes, symptoms, and treatments of depression in the elderly. The causes of depression in the elderly are varies depending on their medication, their mental state, and other factors such as physiological and biochemical change. According to Solnek and Seiter (2002), drug reactions cause depression in the elderly. When the elderly often take multiple medications simultaneously, they are vulnerable to suffer depressive symptoms. In addition, â€Å"the role of loss in late life is frequently†¦show more content†¦Physicians are difficult to determine whether these symptoms are caused by physical illness or because of depression. How to recognize depression in the elderly? Everyone has had signs of transient depression at some point in their lives when they are suffering loss, separation, pain, but these manifestations will gradually disappear, they continue to live almost normal and do not need treatment at all. The cases that need treatment are the types of depression that affect the mood, the activities of leisure activities and the daily behavior of the people around. Recognizing depression in older people is not always easy, but some people, especially the primary clinicians can be aware of depression by the following signs and symptoms. The most important sign of depression is personality changes. People with depression begin to feel less interested in their activities, objects, and the loved ones that they have previously cared for. Elderly depressed people often give up away from social activities as well as other pastimes. Elderly depressed people easily fall into isolation, loneliness due to self-deprecation. 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