Focus on Geriatric Psychiatry
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Recent Special Section Articles
Original Research
Benzodiazepines in Older Adults Receiving Antidepressants for Anxiety and Depression
September 29, 2020
This analysis of data from 2 clinical trials examined the effect of benzodiazepines on outcomes in older patients with generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder, including the likelihood…
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Long-Term Antidepressant Treatment and Risk of Dementia
August 25, 2020
The effects of antidepressants and treatment duration on the progression to dementia are currently unclear. This case-control study analyzed the effects of several antidepressants with different treatment durations on…
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Benzodiazepines, Antidepressants, and Antipsychotics and Mortality in Patients With Dementia
June 2, 2020
Patients with dementia often receive antipsychotics in combination with other psychotropic medications. This study compared mortality for antipsychotics combined with benzodiazepines or antidepressants with that for antipsychotic monotherapy.
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Early Improvements Predict Treatment Response in Alzheimer’s
February 11, 2020
Can overall response to antipsychotics be predicted by early improvements in individual symptoms among Alzheimer’s disease patients? The current report analyzes the CATIE-AD phase 1 dataset in an attempt…
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Neuropsychology of BvFTD and Psychiatric Disorders
February 4, 2020
How can you discriminate between behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and psychiatric disorders with similar behavioral changes, such as apathy, disinhibition, reduced empathy, or compulsions? Which neuropsychological tests are useful?
