Geriatrics
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Social disconnectedness ups depression severity, suicide ideation
Major finding: Fifty-two percent of socially disconnected older adults had felt that life was not worth living; up to 6% had current suicide...
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Social support plays key role in antidepressant adherence
Major finding: Adjusted odds ratios for antidepressant medication adherence for white women and men with impaired social support vs.
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Mental, physical activity enhance cognitive function in elderly
Major Finding: All the study subjects showed significant improvement in cognitive function after 12 weeks, regardless of whether they had...
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Anhedonia may play individual role in Alzheimer's challenges
Major finding: Working memory was worse in patients with only anhedonia vs. those with only depression (mean scores of 3.7 vs.
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Negative symptoms, community integration affect hallucinations in schizophrenia
Major finding: Four baseline factors were found to be predictors of hallucinations: the presence of hallucinations (odds ratio, 9.66);...
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YouTube poor source of palliative information
Major finding: In all, 133 palliative care videos (28%) were good quality and 335 were poor quality (72%).Data source: Retrospective analysis of...
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Nurse-led delirium screen validated in hospitalized elderly
Major finding: The DOSS had a sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 91%.Data source: Prospective validation study in 54 elderly hospitalized...
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Early behaviors may signal progression to Alzheimer's
Major finding: In a study of people at 50% risk for developing familial Alzheimer’s disease (FAD), gene mutation carriers with a Clinical Dementia...
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New palliative care guidelines stress certification, diversity
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Genotype plays role in schizophrenia response to folate
Major finding: Among patients homozygous for the 484T allele, the benefit of folate and vitamin B12 supplements was a –0.59 change in SANS score...
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Collaborative care improves response in late-life depression
Major finding: Six-month PHQ-9 scores were significantly lower with collaborative care vs. usual care (6.42 vs. 13.19).Data source: Review of...