Disclosure Statements and References:

This site, which is accessible through latelifedepression.org and latelifedepression.com, is owned and operated by the Mental Health Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders, University of Pittsburgh.  

The site was created by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals who are part of this center; the site became publicly available in March 2001, and it will be constantly updated to reflect the increasing knowledge about geriatric mental health problems.

Site Sponsorship: University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and National Institute of Mental Health.

Editorial Board:

Charles F. Reynolds  III, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. Reynolds is a geriatric psychiatrist and Director of the Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders.

Jacqueline Stack, M.S.N., is Director of the Late-Life Mood Disorder Evaluation and Research Center.

You can reach members of the editorial board via mail:

c/o Late-Life Depression Evaluation and Treatment Center

100 North Bellefield Ave.

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

(412)-246-6006

Acknowledgments:

Information on this site about depression, anxiety disorders, insomnia, and grief was written by members of the Late-Life Depression Evaluation and Treatment Center, including members of the editorial board as well as Mark Miller, M.D., M. Katherine Shear, M.D., Lee Wolfson, Barbara Tracey, John Keil, Diane Schmitt, and Lin Ehrenpreis.  The editorial board also wishes to acknowledge Ivan Goldberg, M.D., for his help in constructing the site.  Most importantly, we wish to thank our patients and their family members for help with this site, the basis of all our work. 

References:  

Information was compiled and reviewed by the editorial board and can be found in the following sources.

Lebowitz BD et al, Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life: Consensus Statement Update. JAMA 1997; 278: 1186-1190.

Little JT et al, How Common is Resistance to Treatment in Recurrent, Nonpsychotic Geriatric Depression?  Am J Psychiatry 1998; 155: 1035-1038.

Pollock BG.  Adverse Reactions of Antidepressants in Elderly Patients.  J Clin Psychiatry 1999; 60 (Suppl 20): 4-8.

Prigerson HG.  Consensus criteria for traumatic grief.  British Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 174:67-73.

Reynolds CF et al,  Nortriptyline and Interpersonal Psychotherapy as Maintenance Therapies for Recurrent Major Depression. JAMA 1999; 281: 39-45.

Schulberg HC et al, Characteristics and Course of Major Depression in Older Primary Care Patients. Int'l J Psychiatry in Medicine 1998; 28: 421-436.

Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health Illness in America, Chapter 5: Older Adults and Mental Health, 12/99, http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/index.html