CPN || Geriatric Psychiatry

AAGP: Treating Parkinson’s psychosis takes balance on risk/benefit tightrope

Posted on: 07/05/2015 - 14:22

NEW ORLEANS – Psychotic, not physical, symptoms, might be the most distressing aspect of Parkinson’s disease for patients, families, and caregiver... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Olfactory deficits may signal cognitive decline

Posted on: 09/04/2015 - 19:13

NEW ORLEANS – A test of smell identification seems to predict cognitive decline in elderly patients who score normally on memory tests. Each 1-poin... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Problem-solving, dietary therapy help ward off depression in elderly

Posted on: 09/04/2015 - 18:30

NEW ORLEANS – Both problem-solving and lifestyle interventions significantly reduced the incidence of major depression among black and white communi... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Elevated leptin linked to depression in obese older adults

Posted on: 01/04/2015 - 19:48

SAN DIEGO – Elevated leptin may play a role in the relationship between excess adiposity and depressive symptoms in older adults, judging from the r... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

AUDIO: Chronically ill patients benefit from psychiatric care

Posted on: 19/02/2015 - 19:46

As the director of the Visceral Inflammation and Pain Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, psychiatrist Eva Szigethy has been instru... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Increased Alzheimer’s risk with long-term benzodiazepine use

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 20:59

BERLIN – Chronic use of benzodiazepines by elderly patients is associated with a 43%-51% increased risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 5-10 years later, according to a large case-control...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

‘Chemo brain’ may have targetable causes

Posted on: 03/11/2014 - 15:46

BOSTON – The risk for cognitive decline following cancer treatment varies by both cancer and therapy types, and can range from subtle changes to severe deficits, according to a researcher. Patients...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Exposure-based therapy found superior for seniors with complicated grief

Posted on: 02/10/2014 - 15:57

About 70% of older adults with complicated grief improved with targeted exposure-based counseling, compared with 32% who underwent interpersonal therapy, according to <a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Bathroom wisdom: Simple strategies boost compliance in older asthma patients

Posted on: 13/08/2014 - 21:55

Two simple recommendations for older patients with asthma – keeping medication in the bathroom and integrating its use into a daily routine – can significantly improve adherence to inhaled...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Avoid these seven risk factors and slash Alzheimer’s risk

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 20:40

ORLANDO – Up to half of all cases of Alzheimer’s disease are attributable to seven modifiable risk factors – including depression, Dr. Kristine Yaffe asserted in her 2014 AAGP Distinguished Scientist...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

AAGP: Treating Parkinson’s psychosis takes balance on risk/benefit tightrope

Olfactory deficits may signal cognitive decline

Problem-solving, dietary therapy help ward off depression in elderly

Elevated leptin linked to depression in obese older adults

AUDIO: Chronically ill patients benefit from psychiatric care

Increased Alzheimer’s risk with long-term benzodiazepine use

‘Chemo brain’ may have targetable causes

Exposure-based therapy found superior for seniors with complicated grief

Bathroom wisdom: Simple strategies boost compliance in older asthma patients

Avoid these seven risk factors and slash Alzheimer’s risk

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