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Researchers have found that older adults suffering from depression age faster than their peers. Researchers at the University of Connecticut Center on Aging have found that older adults with depression age faster than their peers. This accelerated biological aging is associated with poor physical

For older adults whose depression persisted while taking an antidepressant, adding aripiprazole had greater benefits than switching to another antidepressant.

For older patients with resistant depression who fail to respond to antidepressants, the addition of atypical antipsychotic aripiprazole is superior to switching antidepressants, new research suggests.

A total of 619 patients were randomly assigned to augmentation of existing antidepressant medication with aripiprazole, augmentation with bupropion, or a switch from existing antidepressant medication to bupropion.

Adding an antipsychotic to an antidepressant they're already taking may offer a better way to help older adults with hard-to-treat depression.

For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they're already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant to another, according to a new multicenter study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole to an antidepressant they’re already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant to another, according to a study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Neither mindfulness training nor exercise is associated with significant improvement in episodic memory or executive function among older adults.

Exercise and mindfulness failed to boost older adults’ cognitive function in a recent study. Researchers studied the cognitive ...

A new study of nearly 600 seniors has found that neither exercise nor mindfulness improved cognitive function.