| Late-life depression and the death of Queen Victoria. | |
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PMID: 21086535 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate relationships between the death of Queen Victoria and the depressive episode she experienced during the last year of her life. METHODS: The last volume of Queen Victoria's personal Journal was reviewed from a geriatrician's perspective, tracing the onset and course of depressive symptoms from entries beginning on 17 August 1900 and ending on 13 January 1901, 9 days before her death. The Queen's own words are supplemented with observations from contemporaneous secondary sources. RESULTS: The antecedents of Queen Victoria's late-life depression, including multiple losses, disabilities, and chronic pain, taken together with the presentation of vegetative, affective, and late cognitive symptoms, suggested the presence of a distinctively geriatric major depressive disorder. The absence of any other medical condition to explain the clinical picture seemed probable but not certain. CONCLUSIONS: Although historians and biographers have long been aware of Queen Victoria's final depression, the emphasis has mostly been on her earlier and prolonged mourning for her husband Prince Albert. Re-examined now, the Queen's Journal suggests that a severe late-life depressive episode occurring approximately in her last 5 months contributed meaningfully to her death. |
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Robert C Abrams |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: International journal of geriatric psychiatry Volume: 25 ISSN: 1099-1166 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-11-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8710629 Medline TA: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1222-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA. rabrams@med.cornell.edu |
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