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Home » Keywords » Dementia

Items Tagged with 'Dementia'

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Pharmacotherapy for Dementia

March 1, 2025
Stephanie Collier, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Director of Education in the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at McLean Hospital and an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report.

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

We have three newly approved meds for dementia. Brexpiprazole (Rexulti) for agitation, and donanemab (Kisunla) and lecanemab (Leqembi) for the core features of Alzheimer’s. Dr. Collier explains why none of these are first-line.


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Research Update

Which Leisure Activities Can Lower Dementia Risk?

January 1, 2025
Paroma Mitra, MD.
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Paroma Mitra, MD. Dr. Mitra has served as a consultant for Bristol Meyers Squibb. Relevant financial relationships listed for the author have been mitigated.

Can the way you spend your free time protect your brain? New findings suggest leisure activities may reduce the risk of developing dementia.


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Disparities in Dementia Diagnosis

October 1, 2024
Nicolás Pérez Palmer, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Director of Clinical Research Services, Latino Community, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit; Integrated Firm Director, Psychiatry, VA Connecticut Healthcare System.

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

Dr. Pérez Palmer explores health disparities in geriatric psychiatry, focusing on how social determinants affect dementia diagnosis and treatment among underrepresented populations, while addressing strategies to improve equitable care for older adults.
 


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Research Update

Smartphone Apps Benefit Memory and Quality of Life

July 1, 2024
Susan L. Siegfreid, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Susan L. Siegfreid, MD. Dr. Siegfreid has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

This trial tests whether mobile apps improve prospective memory in MCI.


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Treatment Challenges in Atypical Parkinsonism

July 1, 2024
Alice Flaherty, MD, PhD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; associate professor of neurology and psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.

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

Patients with atypical parkinsonism are less responsive to levodopa, and psychiatric medications can exacerbate motor symptoms. Dr. Flaherty advises how to choose the right treatment in patients with parkinsonism accompanied by psychosis, apathy, anxiety, and depression.


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Clinical Update

Causes of Psychosis in Older Adults

July 1, 2024
Julia Cromwell, MD and Christianne Gonzalez Davidson, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Julia Cromwell, MD. Medical Director, Senior Adult Psychiatry Unit, Salem Hospital, Salem, MA.

Christianne Gonzalez Davidson, MD candidate 2024. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Late-life psychosis has many causes—we’ll walk you through this important differential.


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Research Update

Therapy in Dementia? Choose CBT

April 1, 2024
Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD, MSN, MPA, MSc
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD, MSN, MPA, MSc. Dr. Legg has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

In MCI or dementia, CBT is the only psychological intervention that improves depression, quality of life, and ADLs.


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Managing Behavioral and Psychological Disturbances in the Nursing Home

April 1, 2024
Maureen C. Nash, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Medical Director, Providence ElderPlace PACE Oregon. Co-editor, Neurocognitive Behavioral Disorders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient-Centered Care (Springer; 2019). All comments are Dr. Nash’s personal views and not those of any organization.

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

Dr. Maureen Nash shares how CMS regulations for using antipsychotics in nursing homes affects quality of care.


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Ethical Principles and Capacity Assessment in Dementia Care

April 1, 2024
Paul Appelbaum, MD
From The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report
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Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, & Law; Director, Center for Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY. Co-author of Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment (Oxford University Press; 1998).

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

Dr. Appelbaum provides suggestions on adapting a capacity assessment for people with dementia. 



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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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