[Hyponatremia: old age and antidepressants].

Antidepressants are medications that are used frequently in older adults. Among them, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors stand out for their safety profile. Hyponatremia is a potentially serious effect linked to the use of these as well as other antidepressants.

[Use of antidepressants in institutionalized patients with dementia and agitation: Case reports].

Psychological and behavioral symptoms in dementias are frequent: they affect 90% of patients at some point in the evolution of the disease. Their presence determines in general the institutionalization of the person. Also, in that context, it may lead to an abusive prescription of antipsychotics, despite little evidence regarding its effcacy and adverse effects profle.

[The matter: No psychiatrization].

Anxiety, sadness, worries, fears, irritability, fatigue, tedium, are situations that life confront us with. They don't qualify as psychiatric disorders, but nevertheless they are treated as though. We refer to the psychiatrization of daily life.

[THE MATTER: NO PSYCHIATRIZATION].

Anxiety, sadness, worries, fears, irritability, fatigue, tedium, are situations that life confront us with. They don't qualify as psy- chiatric disorders, but nevertheless they are treated as though. We refer to the psychiatrization of daily life.

[PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH OF BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA IN GERIATRICS INSTITUTIONS].

The psychological and behavioural symptoms of dementia are one of the most important causesof institutionalization. They can, otherwise, go against it: some institutions refuse to accept patients or their staying there. Lattely, this creates difficult situations to deal with that can destabilize the medical team.

[Bioethics and dementia(s)].

Population aging among the world will bring up an exponential increasing of dementia in the next 40 years. This will create more demands in medical care areas. And this will defeated psychiatrists with bioethical issues: capacity to obtain agreement for treatment, participation in research studies, dealing with own economy, institutionalization, and manager of behavioral symptoms.

[Cognitive impairment: the identity of the forgotten].

The aim of this paper is describe what goes on with the identity of a person as his cognitive impairment progresses. Sociohistorial, cultural and neuropsychiatric aspects will be articulated for the purpose of contributing to understanding new ways of being with cognitive impairment. A propose called "age associated cognitive challenges" will be present.

[Heart failure and depression. A psychosocial perspective].

Heart failure is the final stage of many heart diseases and the main cause of mortality. It affects the patient, the family and the health system. Depression affects between the 13.

[Psychogeriatric unit within a General Hospital. Descriptive analysis of outpatient assessment, diagnosis and treatment].

Objective: To assess the frequency of some epidemiological variables in 200 patients over 65 years old that came to admission as outpatients in the psychogeriatric area in the psychiatric unit at the Hospital Italiano in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Method: A specific questionnaire was completed by both patient (or relative) and the physician.

Results: 83% were female and 17% male.

[Sexuality and dementia: a case study].

In this paper we will discuss about sexuality in people with dementia, trying to show difficulties that arise and that affect the patient, his or her partner, the family and the geriatric institute if the patient lives there. Five clinical cases are described and deeply analyzed. Many times psychotropic medications are central in the treatment plan for people with dementia and some kind of sexual difficulty; but this is not enough.