摘要：AbstractUnfortunately, more and more elderly people around us, of our acquaintances and sometimes of our families are starting to face depression. The depression is a serious mental illness which disrupts a person's emotional balance bringing a low quality of life. The old age brings an increased vulnerability in a person's life experience! Elderly are more sensitive and more attentive to the details of their lives and the environment that surrounds them. Some specialists from Bethesda Public Health Institute warns that in 2020, the depression will be the second cause of global suffering, calculated for all ages. The scientific studies have shown that depression damages deeply the life of individuals. This study has two purposes: to examine the psychosocial factors which are generating depression at older people and also to discover the intra-personal perspective concerning the action of the psychosocial factors on the occurrence of depression in the elderly! The main objectives of the study are: to identify and also analyze the most significant factors leading elderly people to depression; to prioritize these significant factors as a pyramid, from the perspective of those directly affected by depression.
