Why: Depression is common in late life, effecting nearly five million of the 31 million Americans aged 65 and older. Both major and minor depression are reported in 13% of community dwelling older ...

Numerous rating scales for depression are available, but few have been validated in geriatric populations. Rating scales that are used to assess depressive symptoms in the elderly population are ...

Find out whether your slump is critical with this depression test. This assessment is designed to determine whether you presently have, or are at risk for developing a depressive disorder ...

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One of the major components of the grant is the Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA). Primary care providers can use this screening tool to assess frailty, nutrition, loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and ...

An important role of the team physician is to provide care for the whole athlete. This includes mental health issues for instance screening for depression and knowing the factors that affect the onset ...

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is used in geriatric medicine to capture relevant information about the health status and function of an older person. It facilitates accurate diagnosis, ...

University of Utah Health's Geriatric Patient-Centered Medical Home provides comprehensive, high-quality, and coordinated care for older adults so they can get the health and wellness they need.

Virtual screening is a computational approach used to identify chemical structures that are predicted to have particular properties. For example, in the context of drug discovery, it may involve ...

Spending more time on screens increases the likelihood that 9- and 10-year-olds will develop symptoms of mental illness, according to a study by UC San Francisco that is one of the first long-term ...

Depression is a mood disorder with a group of symptoms including constant sadness or lack of interest in life. There are a lot of signs of depression, but you may not have them all. How intense ...

There is no single known cause of depression. Rather, it likely results from a combination of genetic, biologic, environmental, and psychological factors. Major negative experiences—trauma, loss ...