To determine the prevalence rates of major depressive disorder and of depressive symptoms
and their relationship to mortality in nursing homes, research psychiatrists examined 454 …

The authors, a group of investigators with extensive research and clinical experience related
to both late-life depression and Alzheimer disease (AD), propose provisional affective and …

… APA Work Group on Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias; Peter V Rabins, Deborah
Blacker, Barry W Rovner, Teresa Rummans, Lon S Schneider, Pierre N Tariot, David M …

Objectives To report the prevalence rate of depression in older patients with recent vision
loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to describe the effect of depression …

Importance This study provides further evidence from a national sample to generalize the
relationship between depression and vision loss to adults across the age spectrum. Better …

OBJECTIVE: To assess how depression and impaired vision relate to disability in older
people. DESIGN: An epidemiological survey of an age‐stratified random community sample. …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a dementia care program to reduce behavior disorders
in nursing home patients with dementia. DESIGN: Randomized controlled clinical trial …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent cause of severe vision loss in
older persons and is associated with high rates of disability and depression. The authors …

Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and type of psychotic
symptoms in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease and to test whether there is a …

METHOD The sample consisted of 144 consecutive outpatients referred to the Johns
Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center from July 1985 to October 1986 who met the …