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Criteria are needed for research in vascular depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2004

Alan Thomas
Alan Thomas
Affiliation:
Institute for Aging and Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Email: [email protected]
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There has been longstanding interest in the relationship of depression to vascular disease and this has received renewed interest since the publication of the “vascular depression” hypothesis by Alexopoulos and colleagues (Alexopoulos et al., 1997). They proposed that cerebrovascular disease (CVD) predisposed, precipitated or perpetuated late-life depression by its impact on frontal-subcortical circuits (FSC). However, whilst several lines of research strongly support this proposal, we still have no useful working criteria for vascular depression, assuming such a nosological entity exists.

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GUEST EDITORIAL
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 3 - 8
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2004