FPN || Geriatric Medicine

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

Simple smell test may predict donepezil response

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 13:15

ORLANDO – Predicting whether add-on donepezil will improve residual cognitive deficits in an elderly patient on adequate antidepressant therapy may be as plain as the nose on the patient’s face....

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

Say goodbye to ‘dementia’

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 18:50

ORLANDO – This May, the hallowed term "dementia" is supposed to be tossed onto the scrapheap of discarded psychiatric nomenclature, replaced by "major neurocognitive disorder."...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Late-life depression can be dementia prodrome

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 14:05

ORLANDO – Elderly patients with acute depression who show deficits on brief structured tests of memory and executive function are at high risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease within the next few...

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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