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Clinical Update

Managing Insomnia in Older Adults

December 31, 2023
Julia Cromwell, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Julia Cromwell, MD. Medical Director, Senior Adult Psychiatry Unit, Salem Hospital, Salem, MA.

Dr. Cromwell has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Treating insomnia in older adults often comes with harms. Here we review how to get the diagnosis right, how to optimize treatment without medications, and how to find safer and more affordable medications when needed.


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Ketamine and the Evolving Psychopharmacologic Pipeline for Depression

December 8, 2023
Robert C. Meisner, MD

0.50 CME Credits. Robert Meisner, MD, explores the latest developments in psychiatric treatment with ketamine and esketamine, including their differences and emerging insights for clinicians.


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CME Post-Test, Caring for Patients at End of Life, CGPR, October/November/December 2023

October 31, 2023
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Editorial Information | PDF of Issue

By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credit.


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In Brief

Optimal Levels of Care for Older Adults

October 31, 2023
Stephanie Collier, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Stephanie Collier, MD, MPH. Editor-in-Chief, Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report. Dr. Collier has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.


A brief guide to finding the right level of care based on a patient’s need for services.


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News of Note

Brexpiprazole

October 31, 2023
Stephanie Collier, MD and Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Stephanie Collier, MD, MPH, and Talia Puzantian, PharmD. Dr. Collier and Dr. Puzantian have no financial relationships with companies related to this material. 

Consider other treatments before reaching for brexpiprazole, even though it’s FDA-approved to treat agitation in dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. 


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Expert Q&A

Spirituality in Practice

October 31, 2023
Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center; Esther Colliflower Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology, Duke Divinity School; Co-Director, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC. 

Dr. Kinghorn has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

From praying with patients to understanding spirituality assessments, Dr. Kinghorn shows us how to incorporate spirituality into clinical encounters.


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Clinical Update

Capacity Evaluation

October 31, 2023
Rehan Aziz, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Rehan Aziz, MD. Associate program director, geriatric psychiatry fellowship program, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ; associate professor of psychiatry and neurology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ.

Dr. Aziz has no financial relationships with companies related to this material. 

A patient’s decision-making capacity is not an all-or-nothing phenomenon. Here we review its four components and how to individualize your assessment based on a patient’s unique situation.



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Expert Q&A

End-of-Life Discussions With Patients With Advanced Dementia

October 31, 2023
Ruth Palan Lopez, PhD, GNP, FAAN
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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QA1_Ruth P Lopez Headshot.jpgRuth Palan Lopez, PhD, GNP, FAAN. Jacques Moore Endowed Professor of Gerontologic Nursing; Associate Dean for Research in the School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA.

Dr. Lopez has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

How can clinicians improve end of life care and minimize disparities by regions and race? Dr. Lopez identifies ways clinicians can build trust with minoritized populations. She also shares her 6 Ms approach to making patients with dementia more comfortable. 


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Clinical Update

Safe Driving for Older Adults

October 31, 2023
Francisco Covino-Deaso, MSN, CNP, PMHNP-BC and Jennifer Holiman, MSN, CNP, PMHNP-BC
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Francisco Covino-Deaso, MSN, CNP, PMHNP-BC. Psychiatric nurse practitioner, Partial Program (PHP) at HRI Hospital, Brookline, MA.

Jennifer Holiman, MSN, CNP, PMHNP-BC. Psychiatric nurse practitioner, geriatric psychiatry outpatient program and geriatric psychiatry research program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA. 

Mr. Covino-Deaso and Ms. Holiman have no financial relationships with companies related to this material. 

Understanding when patients are no longer safe to drive is no easy task. We’ll show you how to estimate driving abilities from your clinic, and what to do when you’re concerned.  


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Sexual Heath in Older Adults: A Primer

October 16, 2023
Stephanie Collier, MD, Neha Jain, MD, FAPA, and Rehan Aziz, MD.

Sexuality is a broad term that encompasses sexual identity, activity, attitude toward sex, intimacy, partnership, and pleasure. In this podcast, we cover the basics of sexual function and the effects of aging, medical comorbidities, and mental health on sexuality. We discuss sexual health in long-term care settings and in older adults with cognitive disorders and suggest an approach to commonly encountered sexual health issues. 


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