摘要
老年抑郁症是老年期最常见的精神障碍,通常包括重性抑郁症和抑郁性神经症,临床表现除具有成年人抑郁症的一般症状外,疑病、焦虑和妄想等症状较其他年龄组更为多见.诊断上需与痴呆和继发性情感障碍相鉴别,治疗多采用心理治疗和生物学治疗并重的方法。
Senile depression is one of com-monest mental disordersin the elderlyage Besides depressive symptoms generally seen inadwlt cases hypochon-dria anxiety and delusion are morefreguently observed in elderly patients Differential diagnosis mainlyinvolves secondary affective disord-ers and senile dementia Combinedtreatment of psychotherapy and somatic approaches is recommended
