Late-Life Depression
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Author Affiliations: Dr. Attupurath is in private practice in New Haven, CT; Drs. Menon and Nair practice medicine in Kerala, India; and Drs. Muralee and Tampi are at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Introduction
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is undiagnosed in approximately half of all elderly persons with this disorder.1 Contributing to this fact is that elderly patients are more likely than their younger counterparts to see their primary care physician rather than a psychiatrist.2 Major depressive disorder is not uncommon, occurring in approximatel
