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Depression among older adults in the United States and England.

Zivin K, Llewellyn DJ, Lang IA, Vijan S, Kabeto MU, Miller EM, Langa KM. Depression among older adults in the United States and England. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2010 Nov 1; 18(11):1036-44.

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Abstract:

Older adults in the United States had lower rates of depressive symptoms than their English counterparts despite having more chronic health conditions. Future cross-national studies should identify how depression treatment influences outcomes in these populations.




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