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Postgraduate Medicine Volume 100, 1996 - Issue 4
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Special considerations in treatment

Sidney Zisook Dr Zisook is professor of psychiatry and director of the residency training program, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine, La Jolla. He is also co-principal investigator of the clinical core of UCSD's Geropsychiatry Research Center and codirector of the San Diego Widowhood Project.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 161-172 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 
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In the article beginning on page 143, Dr Zisook discussed the diagnostic aspects of late-life depression, many of them peculiar to old age. Treatment, too, demands special attention in elderly patients because of such factors as age-related differences in drug metabolism and tolerance, drug interactions, and psychosocial needs. In this article, Dr Zisook looks at treatment options and various popular antidepressant medications.

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