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Diagnostic criteria for vascular depression.
| Presence of two cardinal characteristics: |
| • Evidence of risk factor or vascular dementia. |
| • Onset of depression later than 65 years of age or change in course of depression after vascular disease in individuals with early onset of depression. |
| Presence of some secondary characteristics: |
| • Cognitive compromise, psychomotor slowing, poor depressive ideation, limited insight, no family history of mood disorders, and disability. |
