PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF MOOD DISORDERS IN THE ELDERLY

There have been impressive developments in the pharmacological treatme nt of mood disorders in the elderly, both acute and long-term, and in the management of treatment-resistant depression. The nihilism that ha d prevailed previously has been replaced by cautious optimism with reg ard to the results of controlled trials in naturalistic settings and s tudies in high-risk groups, including patients with multiple medical c onditions and subsyndromal states. Curr Opin Psychiatry 11:441-445. (C ) 1998 Lippincott-Raven Publishers.