| 1. | Current issues in depression in late life are discussed
本文将讨论老年忧郁症目前之议题。 |
| 2. | Increased medical comorbidity is characteristic in late - life depression
合并较多之身体疾病则是老年忧郁症的特色。 |
| 3. | Depression in late life represents a heterogeneous group of mood disturbances that may present with variable features
老年忧郁症是由一群不同原因所造成情感困扰的疾病，并可表现出各种不同的特徵。 |
| 4. | Disorders of the basal ganglia and their prefrontal projections are often complicated by depression and result in executive dysfunction
老年忧郁症合并执行功能障碍则会提高未来出现失智症的危险性。 |
| 5. | Comorbidity with an anxiety disorder is associated with a more severe depression , a higher level of suicidality and poorer treatment outcomes
合并焦虑性疾病的老年忧郁症常呈现较严重的忧郁症状、较高的自杀率，且疗效较差。 |
| 6. | In spite of similar treatment responses , elderly patients spend longer time to remission , and have higher rate of relapse than do younger patients
尽管药物疗效与年轻的忧郁症相似，但是老年忧郁症需要较长的时间才能获得缓解且复发率也较高。 |
| 7. | By raising awareness and understanding of depression among primary healthcare , more depressed elderly with comorbid medical problems can be successfully identified and helped
加强基层医疗人员对老年忧郁症的了解，可使得更多合并身体问题的老年忧郁症患者成功地被辨识出来且接受适当的治疗。 |
| 8. | Data regarding longitudinal outcomes and biological , psychosocial , and functional correlates increasingly support the notion that minor and subsyndromal depressions are part of a spectrum of depressive illness severity
老年忧郁症常并发基底核及前额叶的投射部分出现问题，而导致执行功能障碍。 |
