The Great Depression, spanning from 1929 to the late 1930s, was a time of unprecedented economic hardship that affected millions around the world. But beyond the breadlines and bank failures lies a ...

Depression in the Elderly. This report, presented by The Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program, provides a review, in question/answer format, of depressive disorders in the elderly. Topics of focus ...

It was a time like noother before or since. Our older relatives tell us about it….Quite interesting is that when the Great Depression was at it height, some two hundred and fifty thousand ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a very effective treatment for depression; it is usually undertaken after several medication trials have failed or when a patient is severely suicidal.