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From: Kenneth Robbins, MD

Category: Geriatrics

Added: Sep 26, 2008

Description:

Depression can mimick dementia in the elderly. There is quite a bit of overlap of the signs of depression and the signs of dementia. If an older person is not focusing well, having trouble with memory, and lack of energy it may be depression, rather than dementia. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. Other causes include multiple strokes, called vascular dementia, as well as parkinsons disease.

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health2u (Sep 28, 2008)

Depression as people age seems to be so common. I am a health care provider and so many of my elderly patients tell me instead of the "golden years" they should call them the "piss yellow years". Many of them do need treatment for depression.

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