Dear Amy: My 83-year-old widowed mother is depressed, and I don’t know how to help. She refuses to see a therapist and sees drugs as a crutch. She has always been a very private person, is generally ...

Depression in elderly people is causing early mortality, a University of Liverpool study has found. Depression in elderly people is causing early mortality, a University of Liverpool study has found.

Then, at age 60, she began psychotherapy she describes as “life-changing.” What made it so powerful, she told me, was that the therapist helped her let go of shame. “I’d be beating up on myself and ...

BOSTON — For elderly people who suffer bouts of depression, drugs work surprisingly better than psychotherapy at keeping these black spells from returning, suggests the longest study ever in patients ...

NEW YORK - Depressed older adults who are at risk of suicide need especially intense and prolonged treatment for their depression, a new study suggests. Researchers found that while antidepressants ...

DEAR ERIC: My boyfriend and I are in our early 80s. I am divorced and his wife died over two and a half years ago; we have been dating slightly more than a year. We do not plan to marry, but we are in ...

Dear Amy: My 83-year-old widowed mother is depressed, and I don’t know how to help. She refuses to see a therapist and sees drugs as a crutch. She has always been a very private person, is generally ...