Dementia

New research reveals that benzodiazepines and antipsychotics increase mortality risk in hospice patients with Alzheimer disease and dementia.

Late-life depression poses unique challenges, impacting cognitive function and requiring tailored treatment strategies for older adults.

INmune Bio reveals phase 2 trial results for XPro1595, a novel treatment targeting neuroinflammation in early Alzheimer disease.

Explore the challenges and strategies of deprescribing in geriatric psychiatry to enhance patient safety and reduce polypharmacy risks.

Cognition Therapeutics reveals promising phase 2 results for zervimesine in treating dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer disease at AAIC 2025.

GLP-1 receptor agonists emerge as potential game-changers in psychiatric treatment, targeting mental disorders and improving cognitive function.

Explore effective strategies for dementia risk reduction and understand the importance of early cognitive assessments in aging adults.

In this CME article, learn more about the efficacy and tolerability of brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation among individuals with Alzheimer disease dementia.

As a treatment, low-dose lithium can act like a bridge between medications and integrative approaches, supporting well-being with reduced adverse effects.

A traumatic brain injury sustained earlier in adult life is likely to interact with normal aging processes. Learn more here.

Learn more about the latest research related to 9/11 trauma and other psychiatric comorbidities.

The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia contribute significantly to the greater rates morbidity and mortality among those with dementia.

Here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

Here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

Frontal lobe syndrome can present with a range of behaviors that do not meet traditional dementia/neurocognitive disorder criteria.

Here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

What is the efficacy of ECT for the treatment of dementia?

This alters the course of developer Eisai's regulatory submission plans for lecanemab in the treatment of early Alzheimer disease.

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the March 2024 issue of Psychiatric Times.

From mild cognitive impairment and serotonin system degeneration to an update on pimavanserin for negative symptoms of schizophrenia, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

“If we can show that serotonin loss over time is directly involved in the transition from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease, recently developed antidepressant medications may be an effective way to improve memory deficits and depressive symptoms and, thus, may be a powerful way forward to slow disease progression.”

Two phase 3 trials were conducted to assess the clinical and biological effects as well as the safety of gantenerumab in individuals with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to AD. Here's what you need to know.