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Depression of older age

Origins of the study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Copeland
John Copeland*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Ageing, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA
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Abstract

Background

The EURODEP collaboration was formed to take advantage of existing studies of random community samples of older people in Europe, using GMS–AGECAT for case identification and diagnosis. Later, other centres joined, and the EURO–D scale was developed to harmonise the different methods used with the GMS. Previous studies had revealed different levels of depression in Europe but had been confounded by the use of unreconcilable methods. These studies attempt to overcome this problem.

Aims

To introduce the first set of publications from the EURODEP collaboration.

Method results and conclusions

Presented in five accompanying papers (pp. 307–345, this issue)

Type
Eurodep Study
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 174 , Issue 4 , April 1999 , pp. 304 - 306
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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