Depression Symptoms Declining Among Older Adults: Birth Cohort Analyses From the Rust Belt

●What is the primary question addressed by this study?Are there birth cohort effects in depression symptoms among older adults?●What is the main finding of this study?More recently born cohorts of older adults report fewer depression symptoms than earlier born cohorts, particularly symptoms involving depressed mood, anergia, and hopelessness.●What is the meaning of the finding?Reduced rates of depression symptoms in more recently born older adults may reflect birth cohort trends in compression of medical morbidity and cognitive morbidity.