Depression is perhaps the most frequent cause of emotional suffering in later life and
significantly decreases quality of life in older adults. In recent years, the literature on late-life …

Neurocognitive disorders—including delirium, mild cognitive impairment and dementia—are
characterized by decline from a previously attained level of cognitive functioning. These …

Over the past century, we have made great strides in reducing rates of disease and enhancing
people's general health. Public health measures such as sanitation, improved hygiene, …

Background A short battery of physical performance tests was used to assess lower
extremity function in more than 5,000 persons age 71 years and older in three communities. …

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Basic epidemiologic prevalence data are presented on sex differences in DSM-III-R major
depressive episodes (MDE). The data come from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), the …

~ Maior depression is a frequent and disabling psychiatric disorder in the United States.
This report exam ines the prevalence and risk factor profile ofboth pure and comorbid major …

Background Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across
different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause …

A community sample made in the fall of 1972 in Durham County, North Caroilna, and that
consisted of 331 persons 65 years of age and older was assessed for adequacy of social …

We describe the relationship of depression and depressive symptoms to disability days and
days lost from work in 2980 participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study in North …