Interpretation of Mini-Mental State Examination scores in community-dwelling elderly and geriatric neuropsychiatry patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In an earlier report, response inhibition predict antidepressant non-response in late-life depression (Sneed et al., 2007). The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether this effect is specific to response inhibition or whether impairment in other cognitive domains also predicts non-response. METHOD:Old...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Sneed JR,Keilp JG,Brickman AM,Roose SP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Late-life depression (LLD) is the association with more cerebrovascular susceptibilities and white matter damage that can be assessed with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). To better understand the white matter pathological alterations in LLD, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS:We sea...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Wen MC,Steffens DC,Chen MK,Zainal NH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between depression and an increased risk of death in elderly persons has been established in both clinical and community studies. Co-occurrence of depression and generalized anxiety has been shown to represent more severe and more chronic psychopathology. However, little is known about the re...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Holwerda TJ,Schoevers RA,Dekker J,Deeg DJ,Jonker C,Beekman AT

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to examine whether the reversal of compromised regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in older patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) is dependent on specific parameters of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment and to examine the efficacy of such treatment. ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Hanada H,Imanaga J,Yoshiiwa A,Yoshikawa T,Tanaka Y,Tsuru J,Inoue A,Ishitobi Y,Okamoto S,Kanehisa M,Maruyama Y,Ninomiya T,Higuma H,Isogawa K,Kawasaki T,Fujioka T,Akiyoshi J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major tenet of gerontological practice and policy has been that community-based services relieve stress on family caregivers and delay or prevent institutionalization of frail elders. Evidence for benefits of community-based services is examined from four perspectives: (1) relief for family caregivers; (2) benefits ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Zarit SH,Gaugler JE,Jarrott SE

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the attribution of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) etiology assigned by individuals with MCI and their care partners, and the extent to which the dyads agreed on the attribution of MCI etiology. METHODS:We conducted secondary analyses of cross-sectional data from a cohort of individuals w...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Rodakowski J,Schulz R,Gentry A,Garand L,Lingler JH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The pattern of neural damage in dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) led us to hypothesize that patients with DLB would be particularly impaired on parallel ('pop-out') search tasks, relative to serial search tasks, and that this would serve to distinguish DLB from other forms of neurodegenerative disease, partic...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Cormack F,Gray A,Ballard C,Tovée MJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a clinical concept that categorizes subjects who are in an intermediate cognitive state between normal aging and dementia. The aim of this study is to characterize behavior in MCI compared with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and healthy older patients. DESIGN:A cross-sectional a...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Van der Mussele S,Le Bastard N,Vermeiren Y,Saerens J,Somers N,Mariën P,Goeman J,De Deyn PP,Engelborghs S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information on the efficacy and side effects of antidepressant treatment in elderly patients with combined depression and cognitive impairment without dementia (DEP-MCI), and it is unclear if cognitive performance improves with antidepressant response in these patients. METHODS:In 39 elderly...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Devanand DP,Pelton GH,Marston K,Camacho Y,Roose SP,Stern Y,Sackeim HA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to assess lay persons' perceptions about the competence of a person with AD and its relationship to social distance. METHODS:Face-to-face interviews were conducted with a total of 206 Jewish Israeli adults (mean age = 59.7) using an experimental vignette methodology, varying ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Werner P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rate of psychiatric symptoms among elderly people with learning disabilities who have dementia. DESIGN:Survey. SETTING:The general community of a county in the UK. PARTICIPANTS:The whole population of people with learning disabilities who were 65 years or over. The total population was 143...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Cooper SA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Limited data are available on how older adults access public mental health systems. This study examines how uninsured or publicly insured older adults with severe mental illness in San Diego County initially accessed the public mental health system, as well as their subsequent use of public mental health serv...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Gilmer TP,Ojeda VD,Fuentes D,Criado V,Garcia P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on the hypothesis that declarative memory and navigation ability depend on hippocampal integrity, and the fact that declarative memory declines early in Alzheimer's disease (AD), the authors suggest that topographical disorientation (TD) will be an early manifestation of AD. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Pai MC,Jacobs WJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little research has explored how cognitive function and activities of daily living (ADL) affect each other over time. In addition, no current finding provides a clear hint to the temporal precedence between them. The present study tries to address these limitations of prior studies by utilizing a longitudina...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Wang J,Zhu WH,Li YF,Zhu WW

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study objective is to evaluate the use of qEEG data for the cross-sectional differentiation of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in the longitudinal prediction of cognitive decline in MCI. METHODS:Eighty-eight subjects with MCI and 42 subjects with mild probable AD we...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Luckhaus C,Grass-Kapanke B,Blaeser I,Ihl R,Supprian T,Winterer G,Zielasek J,Brinkmeyer J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify which specific depressive symptoms predict remission to aripiprazole augmentation in late-life treatment resistant depression. METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of data from a late-life treatment resistant depression trial examining the safety and efficacy of aripiprazole augmentation. Partici...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Gebara MA,DiNapoli EA,Kasckow J,Karp JF,Blumberger DM,Lenze EJ,Mulsant BH,Reynolds CF 3rd

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify factors which may contribute to prolonged length of stay in an elderly psychiatric inpatient setting. DESIGN:Retrospective case note study. METHODS:A list of all patients over the age of 65 discharged from a private psychiatric hospital over a three-year period excluding those with a length of ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Greene E,Cunningham CJ,Eustace A,Kidd N,Clare AW,Lawlor BA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine whether patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) with subnormal vitamin B12 levels show more frequent behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) than AD patients with normal vitamin B12 levels. The design was a prospective case-control study. The study took place...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Meins W,Müller-Thomsen T,Meier-Baumgartner HP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) cause great suffering in patients and their families. Phenomenology can help clarify the diagnosis and propose some new therapeutic responses using Daseinsanalyse. Separation issues understood using the phenomenological description of the melancholic ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Tible O,Mendez M,von Gunten A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the effectiveness of reminiscence and life review on late-life depression across different target groups and treatment modalities. METHOD:Twenty controlled outcome studies were retrieved from Psychlit, Medline and Dissertation Abstracts. For each study a standardised effect size, d, was calculated and a ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Bohlmeijer E,Smit F,Cuijpers P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An increasing evidence suggests hypertension (HTN) could be linked to cognitive impairment and incident Alzheimer's disease (AD). The precise mechanisms linking HTN and AD are not well-known. The aim of this study was to assess the putative association between HTN and AD. METHODS:We assessed in patients wit...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： García-Alberca JM,Mendoza S,Gris E,Royo JL,Cruz-Gamero JM,García-Casares N

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional studies indicate that, in comparison to younger patients, older schizophrenic patients have a higher risk for neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism and tardive dyskinesia (TD). It has been suggested, therefore, that older patients with schizophrenia could be maintained on reduced doses of conventi...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Mamo DC,Sweet RA,Chengappa KN,Reddy RR,Jeste DV

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The IDEAL Schedule was developed for staging "care needs" in patients with dementia. We here aim to validate the Spanish version, further test its psychometric properties and explore a latent construct for "care needs". METHODS:A multicenter study was done in 8 dementia care facilities across Spain. Patients...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： López-Antón R,Barrada JR,Santabárbara J,Posadas-de Miguel M,Agüera L,Burillo C,Franco M,López-Álvarez J,Mesa P,Petidier R,Quintanilla MÁ,Robles-Del Olmo B,Ventura T,Semrau M,Sartorius N,Lobo A,the members of the IDEAL Spa

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the effects of kin relationship on response to use of adult day services (ADS) on feelings of overload, depressive symptoms, and positive affect for family caregivers of people with dementia. METHODS:The sample consisted of 341 participants drawn from two studies of ADS. The studies used ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Kim K,Zarit SH,Femia EE,Savla J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this pilot study was to gather preliminary evidence on suicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia. METHODS:An online, cross-sectional survey was conducted with 120 family carers, the majority of whom were located in Australia and USA. The survey included measures of suicidali...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： O'Dwyer ST,Moyle W,Zimmer-Gembeck M,De Leo D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate patient predictors of response to treatment of Major Depressive Episode (MDE) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:Forty-four outpatients with AD and MDE were randomized to receive either sertraline or placebo in a 12-week placebo-controlled, flexible-dose clinical trial after a one week singl...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Steinberg M,Munro CA,Samus Q,V Rabins P,Brandt J,Lyketsos CG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the extent of and factors associated with male residents who change wandering status post nursing home admission. DESIGN:Longitudinal design with secondary data analyses. Admissions over a 4-year period were examined using repeat assessments with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) to formulate a model un...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： King-Kallimanis B,Schonfeld L,Molinari VA,Algase D,Brown LM,Kearns WD,Davis DM,Werner DH,Beattie ER,Nelson AL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effectiveness of depression screening and the Engagement Interview Protocol (EIP) in identifying and engaging in treatment depressed Chinese Americans in a primary care setting. METHODS:Chinese American patients who attended a primary care clinic between 15 September, 2004 and 14 September, 2...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Yeung A,Yu SC,Fung F,Vorono S,Fava M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation of plasma levels of Abeta peptides (Abeta1-40 and Abeta1-42) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype to dementia status, and the duration of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in adults with Down syndrome (DS). METHODS:Adults with DS were recruited from community settings and followed up for ...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Prasher VP,Sajith SG,Mehta P,Zigman WB,Schupf N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes progressive loss of memory and disability, especially in older people. As worldwide population grows older, AD is responsible for an important social and economical burden in many nations. People suffering from AD may experience health-related stigma that influences their atti...

journal_title：International journal of geriatric psychiatry

authors： Piver LC,Nubukpo P,Faure A,Dumoitier N,Couratier P,Clément JP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00