• Med. J. Aust. · Oct 2002

    Potential for community programs to prevent depression in older people.

    • Michael J Bird and Ruth A Parslow.
    • Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. mike.bird@anu.edu.au
    • Med. J. Aust. 2002 Oct 7; 177 (S7): S107-10.

    AbstractDepression is one of the most common mental health disorders in older people. Sequelae include unnecessary suffering, excess physical and social disability, exacerbation of co-existing illness, earlier death, and overuse of services. There are currently no reported public health approaches to prevent late-life depression. Five risk factors appear susceptible to community-level prevention programs: recurrent depression, commonly undertreated precipitants, vascular disease, functional impairments, and metabolite abnormalities. We propose three broad but interacting prevention methods: increasing literacy about late-life depression, exercise, and dietary supplements.

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