Is it ‘The Blues’ or Depression?
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that as many as 6.5 million Americans 65 and older suffer from depression.
In too many cases, however, the condition goes undiagnosed and untreated — often because caregivers mistakenly assume depression is a normal part of aging, said Kerstin Yoder, a social worker and group facilitator at Cleveland-based Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging.
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