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The Experience of Older Adults Facing Depression for the First Time in Old Age

NCT03009448 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2017-01-04

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Summary

Analysis of recent studies show that researchers find it hard to distinguish between Late Onset Depression, a first diagnosed major depressive episode which occurs at old age, and Early Onset Depression, a depressive episode at old age with a history of previous episodes. Since current data, about the phenomenology and etiology of Late Onset Depression, lake conicity it is unclear whether this phenomena should be considered as a distinct subtype of depression. Nevertheless, the wide spread assumption is that Late Onset Depression has a stronger correlation with brain damage and environmental risk factors such as the common losses at old age and weaker correlation with family history and genetics when compared to Early Onset. Although many researchers consider brain damage to have the main contribution to the emerge of Late Onset Depression, the fact that depression has a negative effect on one's health supports the claim that it might be the result and not the rick factor. Since Late Onset Depression correlates with the common losses at old age, the investigators propose that an existential approach that deals with one's meaning, freedom, responsibly and death, might be more appropriate. Thus, the investigators ask how do older adults experience depression which they face for the first time in old age? Current study will seek to understand older adults' experience of Late Onset depression through existential paradigm by using a semi constructed interview.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Interview

Each subject will be interviewed using a semi constructed interview.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shalvata Mental Health Center

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
62 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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