Changing prevalence and treatment of depression among older people over two decades.

CONCLUSIONS: A substantial increase in the proportion of the population reporting taking antidepressant medication is seen across two decades for people aged ≥65 years. However there was no evidence for a change in age-specific prevalence of depression. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. PMID: 31587673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry for Mental Science - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Br J Psychiatry Source Type: research