Both Julia and Al sought help from their doctors, and each was diagnosed with depression, a disorder that's as common in the elderly as it is in younger people. And both, fortunately, were ...

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 ...

One Sunday morning, Charlie Woods returned home from church to find two police officers waiting at his door. First the officers asked if he had any health problems. Then they told him both his ...

A rare study into the health effects of watching sports suggests that it reduces the risks of depression among elderly people, regardless of whether they played any sports. It found the more ...

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.