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Abstract
Recent advances in the methodology of longitudinal investigations have permitted the
identification of predictors of chronicity and relapse of depression. However, findings
from mixed-age populations may not be directly applicable to geriatric depression.
The effects of medical illness, cognitive dysfunction, and neuroradiological abnormalities
on the outcome of geriatric depression merit further evaluation. Late-onset depression
requires special attention, since medical and neurological disorders may be particularly
important factors in these cases.
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Received in revised form:
January 5,
1989
Received:
August 1,
1988
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☆Supported in part by the Xerox and Greenwall Foundations.
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