Massimiliano Buoli, Francesca Legnani, Guido Nosari, Anna Pan, Valentina Ciappolino, Cecilia Maria Esposito, Alessandro Ceresa, Martina Di Paolo, Teresa Surace, Anna Maria Auxilia, Martina Capellazzi, Ilaria Tagliabue, Luisa Cirella, Francesco Zanelli Quarantini, Antonios Dakanalis, Massimo Clerici, Enrico Capuzzi, Alice Caldiroli
INTRODUCTION: Late-life major depression (MD) is a frequent and high-cost psychiatric disorder. Our purpose was to detect clinical and biological factors possibly associated with this condition to better prevent and treat it. METHODS: We recruited 343 patients, consecutively admitted for a Major Depressive Episode to the inpatient clinic of Policlinico of Milan and ASST Monza, Italy. A large set of clinical and biochemical variables was collected from clinical charts...
September 27, 2023: International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice