News tagged with geriatric psychiatry
Researchers find phone assessment effective for evaluating cognition in the elderly
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Cognitive testing by telephone in elderly individuals is generally as effective as in-person testing, according to a new study by Effie M. Mitsis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and ...
Care management reduces depression and suicidal thoughts in older primary care patients
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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Depression in older adults too often goes unrecognized and untreated, resulting in untold misery, worsening of medical illness, and early death. A new study has identified one important remedy: Adding a trained depression ...
Postponing retirement may delay dementia
May 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Working a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new British study published Monday.
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Researchers incorporate multisite geriatric clerkship
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(Boston) -As the population ages, it is imperative that medical students are prepared to treat older adults, regardless of their specialty. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report that an interdisciplinary ...
Treating sleep apnea in Alzheimer's patients helps cognition
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's disease who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical ...
At-home care may be an alternative to hospital care for elderly patients with chronic heart failure
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Hospital-at-home care may be a practical alternative to traditional hospital inpatient care for patients with acutely decompensated (suddenly worsening) chronic heart failure, according to a report in the September 28 issue ...
Is there a seat of wisdom in the brain?
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have compiled the first-ever review of the neurobiology of wisdom - once the sole province of religion and philosophy. The study by Dilip V. Jeste, ...
Pain relievers seem not to prevent Alzheimer's disease in the very elderly
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 22, 2009 |
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A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen, do not prevent Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Instead, the risk of developing dementia ...
Apathy common in dementia patients with brain changes
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Dementia patients with a certain type of changes in their brain's white matter are more likely to be apathetic than those who do not have these changes, reveals a patient study carried out by the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska ...
Ketamine reduces suicidality in depressed patients
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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Drug treatment options for depression can take weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge, which is clearly inadequate for those at immediate risk of suicide. However, intravenous (IV) ketamine, a drug previously used as ...
Are teenagers wired differently than adults?
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently than those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how the brain continues to develop ...
Depression and anxiety disorders of adolescents are not the same thing
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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Adolescent depression and anxiety disorders are two distinct psychiatric disorders, according to Dr. William W. Hale III (a researcher of the Langeveld Institute for the Study of Education and Development in Childhood and ...
Treating Depression in Pregnancy
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Sep 21, 2009 |
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A new report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is published by Elsevier in the September-October 2009 issue of General Hospital Psychiatry, explores ...
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