Nursing home workers should consider depression as a risk factor for resident falls, authors of a new study say. Depression is already reported as an independent risk factor for falls. In fact, it can ...

Manual-based psychotherapy and family involvement are key components in reducing depressive symptoms in collaborative care for depression. Therapeutic treatment strategies showed the strongest ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

Psychiatrists and mental health professionals have a new standard for managing major depression, thanks to refreshed clinical guidelines. Psychiatrists and mental health professionals have a new ...