Late-life delusional depression. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A study of 161 consecutively admitted elderly major depressives with a mean age of 71.7 +/- 6.6 revealed that 72 patients (45%) were delusional. Delusional depressives were significantly older than nondelusionals at onset (62.4 +/- 15.5 + 17.2), but were of comparable age at admission. Utilizing the median age of onset (60) as a cut-off, a sex difference was identified: an association between lateness of onset and delusions was only apparent in women. The presence of a concurrent medical or neurologic disorder or hearing deficit did not increase the association. The importance of investigating samples of elderly patients to identify age effects that only occur in late-life is emphasized.

publication date

  • January 1, 1986

Research

keywords

  • Delusions
  • Depressive Disorder

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023002498

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0165-0327(86)90019-4

PubMed ID

  • 2948986

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 11

issue

  • 2