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The elderly may be afflicted with depression because of physical conditions like stroke, hypertension, Diabetes, cancer, dementia, and chronic pain. In addition, certain medicines or combination of medicines, family history depression, and loss of social support networks as well as fear of death can be contributing risk factors for depression.

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