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Geriatric Depression

Geriatric depression is a major public health problem. There has been significant progress in our understanding of the nature, clinical course, and treatment of geriatric depression. Important new findings have emerged in a number of areas directly affecting clinical care and have, in turn, stimulated further research. These findings include the association of geriatric depression with brain abnormality and vascular disease；clinical importance of subsyndromal depression；the possible role of sex hormone；the clinical utility of new antidepressant treatments：and clear relationship between depression and suicide. These new findings in various area of geriatric depression were discussed in the present article.