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Depression

Symptoms of depression may be different or less obvious in older adults, such as: Memory difficulties or personality changes. Physical aches or pain. Fatigue, loss of appetite, sleep problems or loss of interest in sex — not caused by a medical condition or medication.

Depression results from a complex interaction of social, psychological and biological factors. People who have gone through adverse life events (unemployment, bereavement, psychological trauma) are more likely to develop depression.