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Depression in the Elderly: Etiology and Assessment (IN: Suicide in the Elderly: A Practioner’s Guide to Diagnosis and Mental Health Intervention by N J Osgood)
Melville M L~~Blazer D G
Discusses points & problems of depression in the elderly; examines psychosocial, biological & genetic theories of depressive illness; & considers the evaluation & assessment of depression in late life. 44 refs.