Depressive spectrum states in a population-based cohort of 70-year olds followed over 9 years

Depression may be understood as a spectrum of more or less symptomatic states. Little is known about the long-term course of these states in older populations. We examined the prevalence and course of depressive states of different severity in a Swedish population sample of older people followed over 9 years.A population-based sample of 70-year olds without dementia (N = 563, response rate 71.1%) underwent a psychiatric examination; 450...