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Depression in Acute Geriatric Care

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Depression is the most common mental disorder in late life with overall prevalence estimates ranging from 0.4 to 35% amongst adults over 55 years old [1]. This wide variation in apparent prevalence is accounted for by the different study methodologies used, the wide range of clinical settings studied and the differing thresholds employed for defining cases of depression. However, it is important to remember that depression is a treatable medical condition and not a part of ageing [2].

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  1. Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

    R. Prettyman

  2. Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

    J. Banerjee

  3. Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    J. Banerjee

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  1. Emergency Department, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Christian Nickel

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Abdelouahab Bellou

  3. Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Simon Conroy

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Prettyman, R., Banerjee, J. (2018). Depression in Acute Geriatric Care. In: Nickel, C., Bellou, A., Conroy, S. (eds) Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19318-2_14

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