CORE--PSYCHOSOCIAL

心理社会因素在心力衰竭的病因和病程中起重要作用 老年人的精神症状和证候。它们的影响既有 与任何一种影响心理健康的因素直接和相互作用 老年人。心理社会因素包括广泛的变量， 描述个人在生命过程中的位置，他们的社会地位 世界、社会经济和文化状况及其经验和 在经历重大的晚年转变时的看法，例如 与医学有关的残疾。调查人员的观点是 几乎所有关于晚年情绪障碍的研究，即使是那些专注于 生物病因学和药物干预的效果 要求评估研究的心理社会特征 参与者及其社会背景。因此，其中一个主要派别 心理社会的核心是提供测量工具和概念 指导晚年情感研究的设计和实施 精神错乱。心理社会核心的第二个目标是探索具体的 在心理社会因素存在的领域提出问题并鼓励研究 认为在晚年的病因和病程中起主要作用 情绪障碍。

Psychosocial factors play on important role in the etiology and course of psychiatric symptoms and syndromes in the elderly. Their effects are both direct and interactive with either factors affecting the mental health of the elderly. Psychosocial factors include a broad range of variables that characterize the individual's location in the life course, their social world, socio-economic and cultural status, and their experiences and perceptions as they move through major late-life transitions, such as medically related disabilities. It is the view of the investigators that virtually all studies of late-life mood disorders, even those focused on biological etiologies and the effects of pharmacological interventions require assessment of the psychosocial characteristics of study participants and their social contexts. Thus, one of the main factions of the Psychosocial Core is to provide measurement tools and conceptual guidance in the design and implementation of studies on late-life affective disorders. The second goal of the Psychosocial Core is to explore specific questions and stimulate research on domains where psychosocial factors are thought to play a primary role ion the etiology and course of late-life mood disorders.