随着人口老龄化问题日益突出,老年性疾病越来越受到人们的重视,而老年抑郁症是老年期最常见的精神疾病之一,本文旨在探讨老年抑郁症的最新研究进展,提醒人们关注老年人的精神心理卫生健康,对老年抑郁症患者早发现,早检查,早治疗,提高患者生活质量.“,”As the aging problem has been becoming increasingly prominent, people began to pay more attention to senile diseases, and senile depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in old age. This paper mainly discusses the recent development of research on senile depression, to remind people that more attention should be paid to mental health of old people. Early discovery, early detection, early treatment is suggested to improve the life quality of patients with senile depression.