SAMARALI TA’LIM VA BARQAROR INNOVATSIYALAR JURNALI
Characteristics of somatized depression in older adults
By Amirova Nodira.
Abstract
This article addresses depression in elderly individuals as a pressing global public health issue, highlighting its frequent atypical presentation through somatic complaints, which leads to diagnostic challenges and inappropriate treatment. Furthermore, the clinical manifestations, etiological factors, and diagnostic approaches to somatized depression in old age are analyzed.
Keywords
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- geriatric depression
- somatic symptoms
- diagnostic challenges
- etiology of depression
- clinical features
- inappropriate treatment
- Open access
Source
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