Antidepressant use in nonmajor depression: Secondary analysis of a program to encourage active, rewarding lives for seniors (PEARLS), a randomized controlled trial in older adults from 2000 to 2003

Conclusions: We found antidepressant use to be low in these relatively poor, community-dwelling, ethnically diverse older adults with dysthymia and minor depression in 2000 through 2003, with 36.22% of participants using antidepressants at baseline. Antidepressant users were more likely to be taking other prescription medications than nonusers.