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Review
. 2011 Sep;82(9):1140-4.
doi: 10.1007/s00115-010-3129-y.

[The importance of depressive syndromes for incipient Alzheimer-type dementia in advanced age]

[Article in German]
M A Rapp  1 , R Hellweg, A Heinz
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[The importance of depressive syndromes for incipient Alzheimer-type dementia in advanced age]

[Article in German]
M A Rapp et al. Nervenarzt. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

Based on epidemiological data on the risk for dementia conveyed by depression, we report recent findings on the effects of depressive disorders on cognition in later life and its relationship to incipient Alzheimer's disease. We review the current literature on possible mechanisms underlying the depression-dementia association. The findings summarized in this review underline the central importance of depressive disorders for the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in later life.

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