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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.04.022 | DOI Listing |
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
December 2024
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Objective: To investigate whether childhood exposure to local area New Deal emergency employment work relief activity was associated with lower depressive symptoms in late life.
Methods: This study utilized individual-level data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) linked to the full count 1940 census. New Deal emergency employment programs were the largest non-wartime expansion in government led infrastructure, services, and employment policy in U.
Brain Stimul
December 2024
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; Shinjuku-Yoyogi Mental Lab Clinic, 5-27-5 Sendagaya, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, 151-0051, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital, 1-4-3 Mita, Minato-ku Tokyo, 108-8329 Japan. Electronic address:
Background: Bilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (BL-rTMS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is effective for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Owing to a shorter treatment time, bilateral theta burst stimulation (BL-TBS) can be more efficient protocol. The non-inferiority of BL-TBS to BL-rTMS was established in late-life TRD; however, this has not been determined in adults of other age groups.
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December 2024
International Centre for Future Health Systems, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Background: Life satisfaction, one promising health asset, is associated with reduced risk of several chronic diseases and mortality. Mental health conditions and quality of life (QoL) are important aspects of well-being in late life and are significantly associated with life satisfaction. Despite the complex interrelationships between mental health, QoL and life satisfaction, the current literature has evaluated the simple association between them and failed to consider the complex pathways among these variables, especially among the older population.
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December 2024
Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry (NS, LWV, ZM, GSA, FMG), Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY.
Background: The course of late-life depression is associated with functioning of multiple brain networks. Understanding the brain mechanisms associated with response to psychotherapy can inform treatment development and a personalized treatment approach. This study examined how activation of key regions of the salience network, default mode network and reward systems is associated with response to psychotherapies for late-life depression.
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December 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Background: Catatonia is an underdiagnosed neuropsychiatric condition, with only a few studies focusing on medical sequalae among elderly populations. Delayed treatment results in complications with high morbidity and mortality. Among elderly individuals, one such complication is urinary retention.
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