Late-onset depression: A risk factor for major neurocognitive disorder?

• Main Authors: Pankajakshan Vijayanthi Indu (Author), Saboora Beegum M (Author), Krishna A. Kumar (Author), Karunakaran Vidhukumar (Author), Prabhakaran S. Sarma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Depression and dementia/major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD) are the most common psychiatric morbidities in elderly people. Objectives: To assess whether late-onset depression (LOD)-defined as onset of first major depressive episode occurring at or above 50 years-and other socio-demograp...