Late-life depression
Description
As many as one in five older Americans have late-life depression, which can lead to suicide. In this program from The Doctor Is In, three senior citizens describe how they have coped with this life-threatening illness. Medical commentary is provided by Charles Reynolds III, director of the Late-Life Depression Evaluation and Treatment Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; psychiatrist Thomas Oxman, of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; and Lucille Karatzas, director of Elder Services at Seacoast Mental Health Center. The central message? Late-life depression is a treatable disease, not an inevitable part of aging. A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Production.
Runtime
28 min
Subjects
- Mental illness (325)
- Adulthood (96)
- Affective disorders (67)
- Older people (270)
- Suicidal behavior (55)
- Developmentally disabled (12)
- Psychiatric social work (9)
- Aging (259)
- Social work with older people (25)
- Suicide (147)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c2003
Database
Films on Demand
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