Positive Neuropsychological Factors Associated With Greater Engagement in Brain Health Behaviors in Older Adults.

Research has examined the influence of positive psychological factors including purpose in life (PIL), need for cognition (NFC), and psychological flexibility on behaviors that support brain health (i.e., preserved cognitive functioning and brain structures).

Value-consistent rehabilitation is associated with long-term psychological flexibility and quality of life after traumatic brain injury.

Meaningful steps have been taken toward using holistic approaches in outpatient rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI) (i.e., treating the whole individual); however, research and practice continue to disproportionately focus on adapting to physical and cognitive changes.

Baseline Differences in Driving Frequency as a Predictor of Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease.

Objective: To extend prior research by examining daily driving frequency as a predictor of cognitive decline and later diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

Methods: 1,426 older adults completed batteries of questionnaires and neuropsychological tests at baseline and yearly follow-ups (M = 6.8, SD = 4.

Longitudinal assessment of mental health after a flood: roles of social support, hope, recovery stressors, and prior lifetime trauma.

Objectives: Severe weather events have mental health consequences for survivors that may change over time. We assessed post-flood mental health longitudinally in three groups of mostly middle-aged and older adults who varied in current and prior severe weather experiences.

Method: Predictors of central interest were age, perceived social support, state hope (including agency and pathways), recovery stressors, and prior lifetime trauma.

Religiosity and Social Support Predict Resilience in Older Adults After a Flood.

In this study, we examined religiosity and social support as predictors of resilience after a devastating flood. Three flood exposure groups of primarily middle-aged and older adults were compared: (1) non-flooded adults as controls, (2) once-flooded adults with structural damage to homes and property in the 2016 flood, and (3) twice-flooded adults who had relocated inland because of prior catastrophic losses in the 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and then flooded again in 2016. Resilience was assessed using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC).

Resilience as a moderator of depression and anxiety: a bidimensional approach to predictors of subjective cognition in older adults.

Objectives: Subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) have shown to be useful predictors of objective cognitive decline in older adults. Though psychopathology symptoms (e.g.

Knee pain · no popping · no previous trauma · Dx?

A 36-year-old man sought care at our family medicine clinic for knee pain that he'd had for the past year. He denied any previous injury or trauma to the knee. The pain affected the posterolateral left knee and was aggravated by squatting and deep flexion.