Bilingualism in Parkinson's disease: Relationship to cognition and quality of life.

Unlabelled: Some studies have found that bilingualism promotes cognitive reserve.

Objective: We aimed to determine whether bilingualism, defined as regularly (i.e.

Goal Setting Improves Cognitive Performance in a Randomized Trial of Chronic Stroke Survivors.

Background And Purpose: Cognitive impairment after stroke, especially executive and attention dysfunction, is common, negatively affects daily functioning, and has limited treatment options. A single-blind, parallel-design, randomized controlled trial was used to examine the impact of goal setting on poststroke cognitive performance.

Methods: Stroke survivors (n=72; mean age, 68.

Intrusive social images in individuals with high and low social anxiety: a multi-method analysis.

Background: Models of social anxiety suggest that intrusive images/memories are common in social anxiety and contribute to the maintenance of social anxiety.

Aims: We examined the context and phenomenological features of intrusive social images using quantitative and qualitative measures across various levels of social anxiety.

Method: Undergraduate students (n = 191) completed measures of social anxiety (i.

The Role of Apathy and Depression on Verbal Learning and Memory Performance After Stroke.

Objective: Psychiatric symptoms, including depression and apathy, may significantly impede functional and cognitive capabilities following a cerebrovascular event. This study examined the role of apathy and depression on learning and memory performance in stroke patients.

Method: Stroke patients (n = 140 [119 ischemic, 21 hemorrhagic], mean age = 60.

Satisfaction with Mental Health Navigation Services: Piloting an Evaluation with a New Scale.

As mental health navigation services continue to be implemented, the need for valid and reliable tools to assess the quality of these services increases. While case managers target individuals with severe mental illness and aim to reduce burden and cost, and increase independence, navigation services target all individuals with a range of mental health and/or substance use issues, with the aim of reducing barriers to treatment and coordinating individualized care. The current study evaluated satisfaction with a navigation service using a new 22-item questionnaire, the Navigation Satisfaction Tool (NAVSAT).

Apathy, not depressive symptoms, as a predictor of semantic and phonemic fluency task performance in stroke and transient ischemic attack.

Objectives: This study examined the relationship between apathy and cognition in patients with cerebrovascular disease. Apathy may result from damage to frontal subcortical circuits causing dysexecutive syndromes, but apathy is also related to depression. We assessed the ability of apathy to predict phonemic fluency and semantic fluency performance after controlling for depressive symptoms in 282 individuals with stroke and/or transient ischemic attack.