Depression in the old age: why is depression more comon in the elderly? How to get out of it?

  • Sidineia Boiko Martins CESUMAR
  • Joana Ercilia Aguiar CESUMAR

Abstract

Depression is a very common disease in the old age, when many changes and losses take place, be it physiological, social or psychological. Many factors are responsible for depression, which makes understandable the reasons why many people become depressive in the old age. Depression is the alderly most common problem treated by psychologists, and is a complex dysfuntion that mani fests itself in many different guises, and is many times unnoticed by the people that surround it. It is a silent and dangerous disease. It is of paramount importance to know more on how to scape depression, the symptoms and treatments.

Author Biographies

Sidineia Boiko Martins, CESUMAR
Acadêmica do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem do Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR.
Joana Ercilia Aguiar, CESUMAR
Orientadora e Docente do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem do Centro Universitáriode Maringá - CESUMAR.
Published
2007-07-27
Section
Artigos Originais