Three-year prognosis of depression in the community-dwelling elderly. BJP, 176, 453-457. The authors have discovered an error in their analysis of the data, due to the misclassification of some subjects. After reanalysis, the data differ slightly from those published, but the significant results stand and the authors' original conclusions are unchanged. Amended tables of results are available upon request from Dr Aisling Denihan, Mercers Institute for Research in Ageing, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland (tel: +353 1 453 7941 (ext. 2640); fax: +353 1 454 1796; e-mail: [email protected]).