Psychiatry - Geriatric Psych News & Articles

1 Service-related needs of older people with dementia: perspectives of service users and their unpaid carers International Psychogeriatrics, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

2 Quality of life in dementia: the role of non-cognitive factors in the ratings of people with dementia and family caregivers International Psychogeriatrics, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

3 Cognitive predictors for five-year conversion to dementia in community-dwelling Chinese older adults International Psychogeriatrics, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

4 Comorbidity, health status, and quality of life in institutionalized older people with and without dementia International Psychogeriatrics, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

5 Safety of antidepressants in adults aged under 65: protocol for a cohort study using a large primary care database Full Text BMC Psychiatry, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

6 What is the Evidence to Guide Best Practice for the Management of Older People With Cognitive Impairment Presenting to Emergency Departments? A Systematic Review Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal , May 17, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

7 Could the lower prevalence of affective disorder in older people be due to measurement error? Reliability of the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule in younger and older adults Journal of Affective Disorders, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

8 Television viewing, C-reactive protein, and depressive symptoms in older adults Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

9 The comorbidity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in older adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A longitudinal study Journal of Affective Disorders, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

10 The Excess Healthcare Costs Associated With Depression and Anxiety in Elderly Living in the Community The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Understanding late life anxiety and cognitive processes-We are rapidly gaining momentum: Introduction to the special issue Journal of Anxiety Disorders, May 15, 2013

12 Smoking trajectories from midlife to old age and the development of non-life-threatening health problems: A 34-year prospective cohort study Preventive Medicine, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

13 Working Memory Training in Old Age: An Examination of Transfer and Maintenance Effects Archives of Clinical Neurospsychology, May 14, 2013    Review Article

14 Venous thromboembolism in psychogeriatric in-patients - A study of risk assessment, incidence, and current prophylaxis prescribing International Psychogeriatrics, May 13, 2013    Clinical Article

15 Evaluation of two delirium screening tools for detecting post-operative delirium in the elderly British Journal of Anesthesia, May 13, 2013    Clinical Article

16 An examination of factors influencing delayed discharge of older people from hospital International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May 13, 2013    Clinical Article

17 The Impact of Group Music Therapy on Depression and Cognition in Elderly Persons With Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Study Biological Research For Nursing, May 10, 2013    Clinical Article

18 Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of lifestyle factors with depressive symptoms in ≥53-year old Taiwanese--results of an 8-year cohort study Preventive Medicine, May 10, 2013    Clinical Article

19 BDNF and CREB1 genetic variants interact to affect antidepressant treatment outcomes in geriatric depression Pharmacogenetics and genomics, May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

20 Clinical Decision Support System and Incidence of Delirium in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Transferred to Intensive Care American Journal of Critical Care, May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Withdrawal versus continuation of chronic antipsychotic drugs for behavioural and psychological symptoms in older people with dementia Cochrane Reviews, April 2, 2013

2 A hierarchy of predictors for dementia-free survival in old-age: results of the AgeCoDe study Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, March 26, 2013

3 Patterns of functioning in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a two-year study focusing on everyday technology use Aging and Mental Health, April 9, 2013

4 A Systematic Review of Treatments for Refractory Depression in Older People FOCUS, February 26, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

5 Depression and Cognition: How Do They Interrelate in Old Age? The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, March 19, 2013

6 The Sydney Centenarian Study: methodology and profile of centenarians and near-centenarians International Psychogeriatrics, April 26, 2013

7 Executive functioning in older adults with hoarding disorder International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, March 5, 2013

8 The Impact of Human-Computer Interaction-Based Comprehensive Training on the Cognitive Functions of Cognitive Impairment Elderly Individuals in a Nursing Home Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, April 25, 2013

9 Effects of physical exercise on plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and depressive symptoms in elderly women ? a randomized clinical trial Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 29, 2013

10 Persian version of the geriatric anxiety scale: Translation and preliminary psychometric properties among Iranian older adults Aging and Mental Health, April 25, 2013

11 Treating Older Adults With Schizophrenia: Challenges and Opportunities Schizophrenia Bulletin, April 8, 2013    Review Article

12 The Age-by-Disease Interaction Hypothesis of Late-Life Depression The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, April 11, 2013

13 Functional improvement in hospitalized older adults is independent of dementia diagnosis: Experience of a specialized delirium management unit Journal of Hospital Medicine, April 4, 2013

14 Association of socio-demographic factors and parental education with depressive symptoms among older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks Aging and Mental Health, April 9, 2013

15 Combined duloxetine and benzodiazepine-induced visual hallucinations in prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies General Hospital Psychiatry, March 29, 2013

16 Economic Impact of Inappropriate Benzodiazepine Prescribing and Related Drug Interactions Among Elderly Persons Psychiatric Services, April 2, 2013

17 Change in antipsychotic usage pattern and risk of relapse in older patients with schizophrenia International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, April 10, 2013

18 Antidepressants in elderly: Metaregression of double-blind, randomized clinical trials Journal of Affective Disorders, March 25, 2013

19 Do Negative Affect Characteristics and Subjective Memory Concerns Increase Risk for Late Life Anxiety? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, April 9, 2013

20 The Complex Interplay of Depression and Falls in Older Adults: A Clinical Review The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, April 12, 2013    Review Article