Depression and environmental, cultural and psychosocial variables in aging: "the delusions and sweet sadness of the elderly"
Gallese, A.; Ciani, S.
Minerva Psichiatrica 31(4): 213-218
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0374-9320 PMID: 2096272 Document Number: 350030
The need to distinguish, in the elderly, a condition that is strictly and exclusively psychological characterised by an attitude of "sweet sadness" from a frankly pathological situation typical of the clinical picture of depression is underlined.
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