Elderly patients, just as younger ones, may suffer from the two extremes of affective disturbance known as mania and depression. Either may be secondary to underlying organic causes often requiring specific treatment. For primary disorders, treatment typically consists of pharmacotherapy and/or psychotherapy. Pharmacologic treatment of nonorganic conditions is essentially similar to that used in younger patients, although medication dosages are generally lower and side effects more common.
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J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol
January 2025
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Objective: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) may contribute additional complexity to the clinical picture of mild behavioral impairment (MBI). MBI, a behavioral analog to mild cognitive impairment (MCI), is comprised of five neuropsychiatric domains: decreased motivation, affective dysregulation, impulse dyscontrol, social inappropriateness, and abnormal perception/thought content. We investigated (1) if cross-sectional associations of cognitive status with MBI symptoms differ by TBI status and (2) if prospective associations of MBI domain positivity with incident dementia risk differ by TBI status.
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Methods: We retrospectively collected electronic medical records from January 4 to January 17, 2024, and analyzed data from 656 patients. was used to analyze the association between adherence to scheduled visits and related factors, and the association between inability to attend scheduled visits and self-reported earthquake-related reasons among 84 nonadherent patients.
Brain Behav Immun Health
December 2024
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 502 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Experiences of caregiving-related adversity are common and one of the strongest predictors of internalizing psychopathology (i.e., anxiety and depression).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Dissociation
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, US.
Purpose: Trauma disorders are prevalent and confer high rates of psychiatric comorbidity and functional impairment. Women are more likely to be affected by trauma disorders; however, rates and symptom burden in women's inpatient psychiatric units remains understudied. We hypothesized the prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) would be higher among women admitted to a women's inpatient unit compared to women in the general population and mixed gender units.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScand J Public Health
January 2025
Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Aim: The decline in self-rated health among young people raises concerns for future health outcomes. We examined whether self-rated health in preadolescence predicts hospital contacts and prescription redemption in later adolescence.
Methods: This longitudinal study uses the Danish National Birth Cohort on children born 1996-2002.
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