February 17th 2024
From psychotherapy vs pharmacotherapy for depression in heart failure to an update on the 2024 medication pipeline for antidepressants and ADHD treatments, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
No Mortality Increase With Antipsychotics in Prospective Study
June 17th 2013Results of a 10-week prospective study, recently reported at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, offered no conclusive evidence about the mortality risk of elderly patients with Alzheimer disease who were treated with antipsychotics.
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SuperAgers: Insights Into the Brains of 80+-Year-Old Memory Superstars
June 6th 2013Despite the prevalent perception that cognitive decline in the aged population is inevitable, researchers with Northwestern University's SuperAging Project are finding that "excellent memory capacity in late life is a biological possibility."
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Effects of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Changes in the Elderly
January 19th 2013Drug interactions are more frequent in elderly patients because more medications are taken. In addition, drug interactions may be more serious because of insufficient physiological reserves. When new medications are started or stopped in elderly patients, it is very important to take note of potential interactions with other drugs or foods.
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Brief Screening Tools Can Improve Patient Care
November 29th 2012Medical colleagues routinely monitor patients with sphygmomanometers, peak flow meters, and glucometers. Similarly, psychiatrists can and should incorporate the use of screening tools to help with diagnosis and treatment management.
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Mental Illness Is No Metaphor: Five Uneasy Pieces
September 14th 2012Is the expression “mental illness” merely a metaphor? If so, does that tell us something about the persons we identify as having a mental illness? To clinicians who deal with devastating psychiatric disorders every day-and to those afflicted with these conditions-these questions may seem like a lot of semantic nonsense.
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Introduction: Dementia, Delirium, Depression, Drugs, and Driving
July 28th 2012Of the 3 informative articles included in this special geriatric collection, 1 offers a perspective on the treatment of depression that does not focus on somatotherapy. The others remind us of 2 additional geriatric Ds of importance: drugs and driving.
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Brain Aging and Dementia: Practical Tips From Clinical Research
June 29th 2012Age is a major risk factor for the development of Alzheimer disease and other dementias. New technologies in brain imaging represent major advances in our ability to diagnose age-related cognitive and behavioral disorders.
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Ethics Quiz: When Dad Refuses Nursing Home Care
March 5th 2012Educated and successful individuals, Mr H's children seem able to understand that their father can no longer make his own decisions, but they continue to defer to him for medical and disposition decisions stating, “whatever he wants to do.”
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