Preventing late-life depression: worth the cost
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006From a public health perspective, preventing late-life depression may be “an attractive, if not imperative, means to generate health gains and reduce future costs,” researchers from BJC 7004 Netherlands Institute StarWriter 60 WP Mental Health and Addiction Fax L920 Utrecht write. As part Amsterdam Longitudinal Aging Study, Dr. Filip Smit and colleagues conducted interviews with 2200 adults, 55 to 85 years age. these, 1925 (roughly 87 percent) were free depression at baseline. After 3 years, 158 — about 8 percent — developed depression.