CPN || Geriatric Psychiatry

Geriatric depression, pain respond to various drugs

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 17:35

ORLANDO – Duloxetine for the treatment of late-life depression missed its primary end point in a recent large randomized trial, but it did result in consistently significant clinical improvement,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Harness the ‘placebo’ in late-life depression

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 15:10

ORLANDO – The bad news about antidepressant therapy for patients whose first episode of depression occurs in late life is that the randomized trials show it’s no better than placebo. The good news is...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Elderly suicide prevention: Focus on housing transition

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 17:45

ORLANDO – Transition to an assisted-living facility or nursing home is a period of high risk for suicide among the elderly – as well as an opportunity for preventive intervention. That was the key...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Antipsychotics’ risk in dementia revised upward

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 05:01

ORLANDO – The mortality risk associated with prescription of antipsychotics or valproic acid for behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia is considerably greater than previously estimated,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

ECT electrode placement matters most in elderly

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 20:15

ORLANDO – Right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy at six times the seizure threshold is markedly more effective in severely depressed patients aged 60 and older than in those who are younger,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

ECT quells dementia-associated agitation

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:10

ORLANDO – Electroconvulsive therapy was safe and effective for treatment of refractory agitation in patients with dementia, including those with multiple medical comorbidities, in the largest case...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Hoarding: Not just a symptom of OCD

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 21:05

ORLANDO – Compulsive hoarding traditionally has been considered virtually synonymous with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but its reach actually extends far beyond. Indeed, hoarding turns out to be...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

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