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Diagnostik der Altersdepression

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Die Diagnostik der Altersdepression ist ein anspruchsvolles Thema, das deutlich über das Abarbeiten diagnostischer Algorithmen, wie sie z. B. in der ICD-10 oder dem DSM-V ausgeführt sind, hinausgeht. Das klinische Bild der Patienten wird durch zahlreiche Faktoren gefärbt und kontrastiert: durch die Symptome der häufig gleichzeitig vorhandenen körperlichen Erkrankungen, durch mehr oder weniger ausgeprägte altersgemäße oder das Altersgemäße überschreitende kognitive Veränderungen, durch über die Jahrzehnte stattgehabte Reifungsprozesse, Persönlichkeitsentwicklungen und Traumatisierungen sowie durch Kohorteneffekte in Folge von Sozialisierungsprozessen unter historischen sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen. All diesen Aspekten soll die Diagnostik depressiver Störungen im Alter Rechnung tragen und darüber hinaus auch eine Einschätzung der Prognose erlauben sowie die Auswahl angemessener Behandlungs- und Versorgungsnotwendigkeiten leiten.

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    Andreas Fellgiebel

  2. Fachbereich Psychologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Martin Hautzinger

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Adler, G. (2017). Diagnostik der Altersdepression. In: Fellgiebel, A., Hautzinger, M. (eds) Altersdepression. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53697-1_3

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