Pathologic basis of the preferential thinning of thecorpus callosum in adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) by Michiaki Kinoshita, Kiyomitsu Oyanagi, Yasufumi Kondo, Keisuke Ishizawa, Kenji Ishihara, Mari Yoshida, Teruhiko Inoue, Yoshio Mitsuyama, Kunihiro Yoshida, Mitsunori Yamada, Yoshiki Sekijima, Shu-ichi Ikeda

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An old way of forgetting by J.P. Rebeca Coelho

“…Objectives The main goal is to present his clinical psychiatric symptoms and diagnosis procedure, the treatment that he received and his clinical outcome in the psychogeriatric department. Methods The treatment was based in an integrated framework of pharmacology and psychotherapy. …”
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Brief Tests such as the Clock Drawing Test or Cognistat Can Be Useful Predictors of Conversion from MCI to Dementia in the Clinical Assessment of Outpatients by Magnar Nesset, Hege Kersten, Ingun Dina Ulstein

“…Methods: A retrospective, longitudinal study of 90 outpatients diagnosed with MCI at a psychogeriatric clinic in Norway was conducted. Baseline scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Clock Drawing Test (CDT), and Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (Cognistat) were related to ICD-10 diagnosis during 46 months. …”
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Predictors of Time to Discharge in Patients Hospitalized for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia by Tatsuru Kitamura, Maki Kitamura, Shoryoku Hino, Koichi Kurata

“…Methods: Medical charts of patients admitted to an acute psychogeriatric ward for treatment of BPSD were reviewed. …”
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Osteomalacia and vitamin D deficiency in a psychiatric rehabilitation unit: case report and survey by Cardinal Rudolf N, Gregory Carol A

“…</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We advocate vitamin D screening in all patients admitted to psychogeriatric units, and discuss treatment options given the current problems affecting high-dose vitamin D supply to the United Kingdom.…”
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Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity. by Shulman, K, Peisah, C, Jacoby, R, Heinik, J, Finkel, S

“…METHODS: A subcommittee of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) task force on "Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence" was formed to establish guidelines for contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity. …”

Neurologic Music Therapy in Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review by Jagoda Rusowicz, Joanna Szczepańska-Gieracha, Paweł Kiper

“…We considered randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from the last 12 years using at least one of the NMT techniques from the sensorimotor, speech/language and cognitive domains in the therapy of patients over 60 years old and with psychogeriatric disorders. (4) Results: Of the 255 articles, 8 met the inclusion criteria. …”
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A Survey of Basic Daily Living Assistance in Dependency Units during the Morning First Period at Nursing Homes with a Healthcare Dysfunction by José Antonio Camacho-Conde, David Juan Muñoz-Arbona

“…A daily record of three basic activities of daily living (BADL), such as dressing, bathing, and eating, was kept. (3) Results: Our results showed a significant evolution in both units, but it was in the psychogeriatric unit in which higher compliance with the schedule and higher maintained stability was reached. (4) Conclusions: The use of some BADL registers helped us address situations of imbalance in terms of user assistance and establish an interdisciplinary communication with the nursing team as a way of achieving better organization and compliance with care protocols.…”
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Development and assessment of a brief screening tool for psychosis in dementia by Jeffrey L. Cummings, Zahinoor Ismail, Bradford C. Dickerson, Clive Ballard, George Grossberg, Bradley McEvoy, Erin Foff, Alireza Atri

“…Methods Six subject matter experts developed the DRP3™ screen, a novel valid tool to detect H+D in dementia, assessed its content validity through alignment with DRP reference assessments (Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms‐Hallucinations + Delusions, Neuropsychiatric Inventory‐Questionnaire, International Psychogeriatric Association Criteria), and retrospectively investigated its ability to detect H+D in HARMONY trial (NCT03325556) enrollees. …”
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Signalementen 2008/4 by - Redactiebureau

“…Towards restraint-free care for psychogeriatric nursing home residents, Universiteit Maastricht, 14 maart 2008, 154 p, ISBN 978 90 9022540 1. …”
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An Individualized Music-Based Intervention for Acute Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Hospitalized Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Prospective, Controlled, Nonrandomized Tria... by Ryan W. Schroeder PsyD, Phillip K. Martin PhD, Connie Marsh MD, Susan Carr MD, Tara Richardson MD, Jasmine Kaur MD, Jennifer Rusk BSN, Shiloh Jiwanlal MSN

“…Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common features of dementia, and these occur in three fourths of patients on psychogeriatric inpatient units. These symptoms have traditionally been treated with pharmacological agents, but many medications are as likely to harm patients with dementia as to help them. …”
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NON-ADHERENCE IN SENIORS WITH DEMENTIA – A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF ROUTINE CLINICAL PRACTICE by Jan Lužný, Kateřina Ivanová, Lubica Juríčková

“…Subjects and Methods: Prospective study, analyzing medical records of seniors with dementia admitted to the inpatient psychogeriatric ward in the Kromeriz mental hospital from January 2010 to January 2011. …”
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Gait changes over time in hospitalized older adults with advanced dementia: Predictors of mobility change. by Sina Mehdizadeh, Mohammadreza Faieghi, Andrea Sabo, Hoda Nabavi, Avril Mansfield, Alastair J Flint, Babak Taati, Andrea Iaboni

“…In this study, we measured changes in quantitative gait measures over a maximum 10-week period during the course of a psychogeriatric admission in older adults with dementia, with the aims to describe mobility changes over the duration of the admission, and to determine which factors were associated with this change. …”
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Psychological treatments in the management of severe late-life depression: At least as important as ECT by Wilkinson, P

“…Psychiatrists and other mental health workers have a responsibility to take patients' treatment preferences into account and to keep abreast of developments in both biological and psychological treatments to promote good practice and further research in the management of late-life depression. © International Psychogeriatric Association 2006.…”

Older adults’ mental health during humanitarian crisis by C. A. De Mendonca Lima

“…Objectives The World Psychiatric Association Section of Old Age Psychiatry and the International Psychogeriatric Association are working together since 2020 to promote the older adults’ Human Rights. …”
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IPA and WPA-SOAP Strategies to Promote the Human Rights in Mental Health Care of Older Adults by C.A. De Mendonça Lima

“…Keeping all thes points in mind, the World Pschiatric Association Section of Old Age Psychiatry and the International Psychogeriatric Association are working together to promote the Human Rights of Older Adults. …”
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Exploring the experiences of people with mild cognitive impairment and their caregivers with particular reference to healthcare - A qualitative study by Dean, K, Jenkinson, C, Wilcock, G, Walker, Z

“…The specific needs of these groups, as described here, as well as those of people with dementia, should be considered when designing memory clinics and other related services. © International Psychogeriatric Association 2013.…”

Forming Life: Aesthetic Awareness in Mental Health Care by Arild Berg, Boel Christensen-Scheel, Mette Holme Ingeberg

“…These theories are discussed and exemplified on the basis of data from two mental health care wards: one from a psychogeriatric ward and the other from a polyclinic for eating disorders. …”
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Effectiveness of a Telephone Support Line to Reduce Hospital Use by Older Patients with Psychiatric Disorders by Elisabete Carina Lopes Albuquerque, Sandra Fernandes, Luísa Lagarto, Joaquim Cerejeira

“…In order to provide a more flexible approach for continuous management of these complex conditions a telephone support line operated by a nurse was implemented in our psychogeriatric unit. Aims: To evaluate whether this intervention was associated with a reduction in hospital admissions and emergency department visits. …”
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Telecommunication and neuropsychiatric symptoms in long term care dementia patients during the COVID-19 lockdown ERA by A. Konstantinou

“… Introduction Ippokrateio Therapeutirio in the city of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece is a private for-profit psychogeriatric hospital focusing on Long Term Care on patients with dementia. …”
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