Has the UK Campaign to End Loneliness Reduced Loneliness and Improved Mental Health in Older Age? A Difference-in-Differences Design
CONCLUSIONS: Antiloneliness strategies implemented by local authorities have not generated a significant change in loneliness or mental health in older adults in England. Generating changes in loneliness in the older population might require longer periods of exposure, larger scope of intervention or more targeted strategies.PMID:37978020 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.007 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 17, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Liming Li Ludovico Carrino Erica Reinhard Mauricio Avendano Source Type: research
The Israeli and Palestinian Colors
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 24:S1064-7481(23)00464-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.015. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37973485 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.015 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Oliver M Glass Source Type: research
Cerebral Metabolic Signature of Chronic Benzodiazepine Use in Nondemented Older Adults: An FDG-PET Study in the MEMENTO Cohort
CONCLUSION: Our study is the first to find a greater global metabolism in chronic BZD users and a specific greater metabolism in the right amygdala. Because the acute administration of BZDs tends to reduce brain metabolism, these findings may correspond to a compensatory mechanism while the brain adapts with global metabolism upregulation, with a specific focus on the right amygdala.PMID:37973486 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.002 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Quentin Gallet Vincent Bouteloup Maxime Locatelli Marie-Odile Habert Marie Chupin Jacques-Yves Campion Pierre-Emmanuel Michels Julien Delrieu Thibaud Lebouvier Anna-Chlo é Balageas Alexandre Surget Catherine Belzung Nicolas Arlicot Maria-Joao Santiago Ri Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression in Older US Military Veterans
CONCLUSIONS: Increased age predicts greater MDD symptom reduction after TMS. Although age did not predict response rates, it did predict increased rates of remission in veterans. Age did not differentially predict depression outcomes between those with or without PTSD. The sample size was sufficient to discern a difference in efficaciousness, and limitations were those inherent to registry studies in veterans. This data indicates that TMS can be an important treatment option for older individuals.PMID:37973487 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.010 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Nicole C Walker Noah S Philip F Andrew Kozel Jerome A Yesavage Michelle R Madore Source Type: research
Using Structured Observations to Evaluate the Effects of a Personalized Music Intervention on Agitated Behaviors and Mood in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Results From an Embedded, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
CONCLUSIONS: The conclusions are that personalized music may be effective at reducing verbally-agitated behaviors. Using structured observations to measure behaviors may avoid biases of staff-reported measures.PMID:37973488 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.016 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Anthony Sisti Roee Gutman Vincent Mor Laura Dionne James L Rudolph Rosa R Baier Ellen M McCreedy Source Type: research
The Israeli and Palestinian Colors
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 24:S1064-7481(23)00464-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.015. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37973485 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.015 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Oliver M Glass Source Type: research
Cerebral Metabolic Signature of Chronic Benzodiazepine Use in Nondemented Older Adults: An FDG-PET Study in the MEMENTO Cohort
CONCLUSION: Our study is the first to find a greater global metabolism in chronic BZD users and a specific greater metabolism in the right amygdala. Because the acute administration of BZDs tends to reduce brain metabolism, these findings may correspond to a compensatory mechanism while the brain adapts with global metabolism upregulation, with a specific focus on the right amygdala.PMID:37973486 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.002 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Quentin Gallet Vincent Bouteloup Maxime Locatelli Marie-Odile Habert Marie Chupin Jacques-Yves Campion Pierre-Emmanuel Michels Julien Delrieu Thibaud Lebouvier Anna-Chlo é Balageas Alexandre Surget Catherine Belzung Nicolas Arlicot Maria-Joao Santiago Ri Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Prefrontal Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression in Older US Military Veterans
CONCLUSIONS: Increased age predicts greater MDD symptom reduction after TMS. Although age did not predict response rates, it did predict increased rates of remission in veterans. Age did not differentially predict depression outcomes between those with or without PTSD. The sample size was sufficient to discern a difference in efficaciousness, and limitations were those inherent to registry studies in veterans. This data indicates that TMS can be an important treatment option for older individuals.PMID:37973487 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.010 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Nicole C Walker Noah S Philip F Andrew Kozel Jerome A Yesavage Michelle R Madore Source Type: research
Using Structured Observations to Evaluate the Effects of a Personalized Music Intervention on Agitated Behaviors and Mood in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Results From an Embedded, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
CONCLUSIONS: The conclusions are that personalized music may be effective at reducing verbally-agitated behaviors. Using structured observations to measure behaviors may avoid biases of staff-reported measures.PMID:37973488 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.016 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Anthony Sisti Roee Gutman Vincent Mor Laura Dionne James L Rudolph Rosa R Baier Ellen M McCreedy Source Type: research
Risk for Complicated Grief After the COVID-19 Death of a Marital Partner in Late Life
CONCLUSIONS: Older adults who have lost a spouse to COVID-19 present with specific symptoms of distress and may eventually require clinical care for PGD.PMID:37968160 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.019 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 15, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sarah T Stahl Joseph Kazan Taylor Lazzari Robert T Krafty Charles F Reynolds Bruce L Rollman Stephen F Smagula Marie Anne Gebara Source Type: research
Association of Cardiovascular Health With Risk of Incident Depression and Anxiety
CONCLUSIONS: Higher CVH, evaluated by LE8 score, is strongly associated with a lower risk of incident depression and anxiety, suggesting the significance of optimizing CVH by adopting LE8.PMID:37968161 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.017 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 15, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Xinghe Huang Junyu Zhang Jie Liang Yanping Duan Wuxiang Xie Fanfan Zheng Source Type: research
Risk for Complicated Grief After the COVID-19 Death of a Marital Partner in Late Life
CONCLUSIONS: Older adults who have lost a spouse to COVID-19 present with specific symptoms of distress and may eventually require clinical care for PGD.PMID:37968160 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.019 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 15, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sarah T Stahl Joseph Kazan Taylor Lazzari Robert T Krafty Charles F Reynolds Bruce L Rollman Stephen F Smagula Marie Anne Gebara Source Type: research
Association of Cardiovascular Health With Risk of Incident Depression and Anxiety
CONCLUSIONS: Higher CVH, evaluated by LE8 score, is strongly associated with a lower risk of incident depression and anxiety, suggesting the significance of optimizing CVH by adopting LE8.PMID:37968161 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.017 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 15, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Xinghe Huang Junyu Zhang Jie Liang Yanping Duan Wuxiang Xie Fanfan Zheng Source Type: research
Computerized Cognitive and Skills Training in Older People With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Index Treatment-Related Changes in Real-World Performance of Technology-Dependent Functional Tasks
CONCLUSIONS: Computerized training produces increases in real-world performance of important technology-related skills. These gains continued after the end of training, with greater gains in MCI participants.PMID:37953132 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.014 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 12, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Courtney Dowell-Esquivel Sara J Czaja Peter Kallestrup Colin A Depp John N Saber Philip D Harvey Source Type: research
Depressive Symptoms and the Subsequent Risk of Parkinson's Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study
CONCLUSION: Individuals with depressive symptoms were at an increased risk of developing PD, and there was a dose-response association between the number of depressive symptoms and PD risk.PMID:37953133 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.006 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - November 12, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Seo Yeon Yoon Seok-Jae Heo Yong Wook Kim Sang Chul Lee Jaeyong Shin Jang Woo Lee Source Type: research
