on side effects of SSRIs are gastrointestinal disturbances, headaches, insomnia, and somnolence, which may be minimized by slow dose escalation. Compared with younger adults, older patients generally require smaller doses but show a similar time course of response to antidepressant therapy.
Based on the foregoing, it should be noted that: a) both dementia and depression are associated with diagnostic difficulties; and b) with proper diagnoses, there are many cases in which the conditions can be alleviated or remediated. This fact makes it imperative that diagnoses of both conditions be accurate.
The proposed research explores the diagnostic efficacy of dementia and depression in a sample of older and elderly people living in home-care settings. In particular, the research will compare the reasons listed on patients' files for each individual's diagnosis of depression (without dementia) or dementia (without depression) with the most current diagnostic criteria for both disorde
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