In older people, a diagnosis of depression is frequently missed, and proper treatment is subsequently hampered. We investigated antidepressant and benzodiazepine use in an older community sample, and assessed possible risk factors associated with non-treatment in depressed elderly.
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, LASA, Room H-061, Vrije Universiteit, Van de Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. cm.sonnenberg.emgo@med.vu.nl