Reference Articles - Depression

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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Depression in Primary Care: Vol. 1. Detection and Diagnosis. Rockville, MD: AHCPR 1994.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Depression in Primary Care: Vol. 2. Treatment of Major Depression. Rockville, MD: AHCPR 1994.

Finkel SI. Efficacy and tolerability of antidepressant therapy in the old-old. J Clin Psych 1996; 57(Suppl 5): 23-38.

Jacoby R. How long should the elderly take antidepressants? Br J Psych 1993; 162-75.

Lebowitz BD, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of depression in late life consensus update. JAMA 1997; 278: 1186-1190.

Rigler SK, et al. Pharmacologic treatment of geriatric depression: key issues in interpreting the evidence. JAGS 1998; 46: 106-110.

Rosen J, et al. Depression in the nursing home: risk factors and interventions. Nursing Home Medicine 1997; 5: 156-65.