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Some previous evidence&nbsp;shows&nbsp;major depressive disorder (MDD) being more prevalent in those of older age, however such evidence is scarce due to lack of extensive studies including a wide range of ages.&nbsp;In&nbsp;a&nbsp;recent&nbsp;study published in&nbsp;The&nbsp;Lancet, a&nbsp;group of researchers set out to address this&nbsp;discrepancy.&nbsp;In&nbsp;their&nbsp;longitudinal cohort study,&nbsp;baseline and 2-year follow-up&nbsp;data from the&nbsp;Netherlands Study of Depression in Older Persons (NESDO)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)&nbsp;on patients between 18-88 years of age&nbsp;with major depressive disorder (MDD)&nbsp;was assessed.&nbsp;The&nbsp;four&nbsp;indicators&nbsp;used to assess the&nbsp;2-year course of MDD&nbsp;were&nbsp;presence of MDD or dysthymia after 2 years, chronic depressive symptoms (characterized by symptoms present for at least 80% of the&nbsp;2-year&nbsp;period),&nbsp;changes in severity of depression, and time to remission of symptoms.&nbsp; To run away from the feeling of depression, people generally start abusing drugs, sometimes, it can&nbsp; be uncontrol-able. For such individuals <a href="https://resurgencebehavioralhealth.com/texas/austin/#drug-rehab-for-austin-residents-what-is-it-and-what-is-it-like">drug rehab in austin</a> offers programs that will help them get out of this mental state and lead a normal and happy life.From the data obtained from&nbsp;1,042 patients,&nbsp;all four indicators showed&nbsp;that 2-year MDD symptoms were significantly worse in those of older age.&nbsp;Compared to the reference group of ages 18-29, those over the age of 70 were found to have the worst outcomes.&nbsp;These results remained consistent after accounting for various clinical, social, and health factors&nbsp;that differ among&nbsp;age groups.&nbsp;Overall, these findings support the notion that older age is a risk factor for worsening of&nbsp;MDD and&nbsp;bring into question what the root of this phenomena could be.&nbsp;&nbsp;Source: <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(18)30166-4/fulltext">The Lancet</a>&nbsp;

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