More than just low mood and appetite
The workup of an elderly patient's apparent depression reveals more than endogenous factors at play
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Anne, an 85-year-old nursing home resident, is reviewed by her GP, at the request of nursing home staff.
She has had anorexia and low mood for the past two weeks.