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Advances in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: AIRAmed and Labcorp

January 1, 2024
Stephanie Collier, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Stephanie Collier, MD. Dr. Collier has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Two new advances may help us detect Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.


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Clinical Update

Addressing Polypharmacy in Older Adults

January 1, 2024
Jose Antonio Ribas Roca, MD and Carolyn TK Tran, PhD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Jose Antonio Ribas Roca, MD. Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Carolyn TK Tran, PhD. Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Dr. Ribas Roca and Dr. Tran have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Managing polypharmacy in older adults can be tricky, especially when multiple clinicians are involved. We offer tips on how to find the right medication and dose while avoiding prescribing cascades. We also discuss how to use shared decision-making to deprescribe. 


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Expert Q&A

Cannabis Use for Managing Agitation in Dementia

January 1, 2024
Aaron Greenstein, MD.
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Geriatric psychiatrist in private practice, Denver, CO. Dr. Greenstein is a medical advisor for BrainCheck, Sensi.AI, and Optimize VBC. He is a consultant for GE Healthcare and LEK Consulting.

Relevant financial relationships listed for the author have been mitigated.

Dr. Aaron Greenstein describes when to use dronabinol and dispensary cannabis products for treating agitation in dementia.


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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
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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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