@article{7413,
  keywords = {Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Depression, Female, Humans, Japan, Leper Colonies, leprosy, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Sex Factors, Social Isolation, Social Support, Suicide},
  author = {Nishida M and Nakamura Y and Aosaki N},
  title = {[Elderly depression in a Japanese leprosarium].},
  abstract = {<p>This report described the distribution of the patients who had been treated by psychiatrist in the National Tamazenshouen Sanatorium, a major leprosarium in Japan. We also investigated the characteristics of patients who had suffered a depressive episode during the last 5 years. Somatic symptoms were the predominant symptoms and were not limited to clinical signs unique to leprosy. The period of isolation was not significantly correlated with the geriatric depression scale. Forty-two residents had committed suicide since the leprosarium was established in 1909. The findings of this study emphasize the importance of psychosocial intervention to the residents.</p>},
  year = {2007},
  journal = {Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association},
  volume = {76},
  pages = {3-9},
  month = {2007 Feb},
  issn = {1342-3681},
  language = {jpn},
}