Rehabilitation of elderly patients with depression

Rehabilitation of elderly patients with depression

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Article_Title: Rehabilitation of elderly patients with depression
Authors: Florin Marcu1 ⃰, Liviu Lazăr1
Affiliation: University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Psycho-neuroscience and Recovery1
Abstract: Depression is an emotional disorder characterized by a dysfunction of the normal brain functioning. In the elderly patients, this pathology is caused by changes occurring in the white matter, in the frontal area of the brain, by cerebral circulation disorder and by decrease of the level of neurotransmitters in the brain, serotonin, norepinephrine or dopamine, respectively. The symptoms of this condition generate significant deterioration in the normal functioning of the elderly social and familial or professional life. An appropriate rehabilitation treatment is associated with the improvement of the depressed elder’s life quality, which is why it should commence as early as possible under professional monitoring.
Keywords: depression, elders, recovery treatment
References: Lazăr L, Marcu F, Tonţ I- Geriatrie şi recuperare specifică: Depresia la vârstnic 2009, 161-9
Meyers BS- Depression and dementia: comorbidities, identification and treatment, J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1998;11(4):201-5
Reynolds CF, Kupfer DJ- Depression and aging: A look to the future, Psychiatric Services 1999, 50(9):1167-72
Small GW- Treatment of geriatric depression. Depression and Anxiety Suppl, 1998, 1:32-42
Thomas P, Hazif-Thomas C- Depression in elderly, Rev. Prat. 2008 Feb 29, 58(4):389-93
Read_full_article: pdf/vol19/iss2/9 JMA 2015 – Marcu – Recuperarea pacien+úilor v+órstnici.pdf
Correspondence: assist. univ. Florin Marcu
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Romania
Mobile Telephon: 0745883047

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Article Title: Rehabilitation of elderly patients with depression
Authors: Florin Marcu1 ⃰, Liviu Lazăr1
Affiliation: University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Psycho-neuroscience and Recovery1
Abstract: Depression is an emotional disorder characterized by a dysfunction of the normal brain functioning. In the elderly patients, this pathology is caused by changes occurring in the white matter, in the frontal area of the brain, by cerebral circulation disorder and by decrease of the level of neurotransmitters in the brain, serotonin, norepinephrine or dopamine, respectively. The symptoms of this condition generate significant deterioration in the normal functioning of the elderly social and familial or professional life. An appropriate rehabilitation treatment is associated with the improvement of the depressed elder’s life quality, which is why it should commence as early as possible under professional monitoring.
Keywords: depression, elders, recovery treatment
References: Lazăr L, Marcu F, Tonţ I- Geriatrie şi recuperare specifică: Depresia la vârstnic 2009, 161-9
Meyers BS- Depression and dementia: comorbidities, identification and treatment, J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1998;11(4):201-5
Reynolds CF, Kupfer DJ- Depression and aging: A look to the future, Psychiatric Services 1999, 50(9):1167-72
Small GW- Treatment of geriatric depression. Depression and Anxiety Suppl, 1998, 1:32-42
Thomas P, Hazif-Thomas C- Depression in elderly, Rev. Prat. 2008 Feb 29, 58(4):389-93
*Correspondence: assist. univ. Florin Marcu
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Romania
Mobile Telephon: 0745883047