Abstract: We asked 44 French and 42 Lebanese participants with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) who lived in their own homes to rate their depression and anxiety during the late fall/early winter 2020 lockdown and compared their responses. We also asked ...
Summary: We used the often applied clock-drawing-test to find characteristic signs which differentiate between patients that suffered according to DSM-III-R from Alzheimer's disease (DAT), Major Depression (MD) or no relevant disorder (controls). 205 ...
Summary: Seventy two family members caring for their demented patients were interviewed on their burden and needs. Carer's anxiety and depression as well as subjective burden were more frequent in the later stages of dementia and the more intensive the ...
Summary: Cognitive impairment classifying for dementia syndrome is occasionally detected in patients suffering from old-age depression. When depression improves, cognitive function also may reverse to normal, but these patients are at greater risk for ...
Abstract: Because dementia caregivers show higher levels of psychological distress than other caregivers, they may benefit more from psychosocial interventions. However, there are dementia-specific stressors that are less changeable than stressors of ...
Summary: The neuropsychological battery suggested by the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD-NP) has become widely used for the cognitive assessment of dementia. We investigated the differential diagnostic properties of this ...
Assessment of Depressive Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract: Depressive disorders are counted among the most frequently emerging mental disorders and it is known that non treated depression has a negative impact on the course of depression and somatic ...
Zusammenfassung: Erfolgreiche sozialpädagogische Interventionen zur Aktivierung gerontopsychiatrischer Patienten mit der Diagnose Depression erfordern die Berücksichtigung multipler Faktoren. Neben den individuellen, patientenbezogenen Bedingungen sind ...Social Work Interventions With Older Depressives - Experiences From a Psychiatric Day Clinic in MannheimAbstract: Successful social work interventions aiming activation in psychogeriatric depressive patients need a close look to multiple factors. ...
Zusammenfassung: Ein Mangel an sozialen Aktivitäten ist ein wesentlicher Risikofaktor für psychische Erkrankungen im Alter, insbesondere für Depressionen. Ältere psychisch Kranke haben krankheitsbedingt häufig ihre sozialen Beziehungen stark eingeschränkt ...Reconnecting the Torn Social Network of the Elderly Mentally Ill - Social Activation in German Psychogeriatric Day HospitalsAbstract: Lack of social activities increases the risk of mental disorders, especially depression in the elderly considerably. ...
Zusammenfassung: Ältere psychisch Kranke haben krankheitsbedingt häufig ihre sozialen Beziehungen stark eingeschränkt und erleben dies oft als schwere Beeinträchtigung. Dabei sind nach erfolgter (Teil-)Remission der Erkrankung bei im Alter erstmals ...Stimulation of Social Activities in the Psychogeriatric Day Hospital in Schwerin: A Structured ApproachAbstract: In the psychogeriatric day hospital in Schwerin a manual for social activation is performed on a regular basis. Patients suffering from ...
Aufgrund der zunehmend älter werdenden Bevölkerung werden ältere Menschen in der psychiatrischen und psychosozialen Versorgung eine immer größere Rolle spielen. Da für Demenzen und Depressionen die umfassendsten Daten vorliegen, berücksichtigt der ...
Die Behandlung psychisch kranker älterer Menschen stellt uns immer wieder vor große Herausforderungen. Multimorbidität, kognitive Beeinträchtigungen und nicht selten eine unkritische, nebenwirkungsreiche medikamentöse Polypragmasie erschweren eine ...
Tobacco Dependence and Smoking Cessation in the ElderlyOlder adults suffer a large proportion of the health consequences from smoking. But until recently there has been little attention paid in health policy and practice to older people who smoke. This ...
The article reviews the relationship between depressive symptoms and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Evidence bearing on this relation comes from clinical findings, neuroimaging, and cerebrospinal fluid markers. Depression in elderly people is associated ...
Purpose of the study. The Depression in Old Age Scale (DIA-S), a new screening tool for geriatric depression, was designed to be both practical and appropriate for use with medically ill geriatric patients. The diagnostic accuracy of the DIA-S and the ...
We examined whether older individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) differed from healthy controls (HC) and persons with dementia (AD) in objective and perceived behavioral competence as well as in emotional well-being. We used a merged sample of ...
Abstract. Depression is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in the general population. Despite a large demand for efficient treatment options, the majority of older depressed adults does not receive adequate treatment: Additional low-threshold ...
Abstract. We investigated the efficacy of reminiscence therapy (RT) on symptoms of depression in patients with mild to moderate dementia. Out of 227 patients with mild to moderate dementia from a specialized ...
Abstract. This article examines the cross-sectional and long-term prediction of sleep quality (SQ) of 167 older nursing-home residents (80% females, 69–100 years), who participated in the study in 2008 and 2016. SQ was assessed in 2016 by ...
Abstract. To date, few studies have focused on perceived overprotection from the perspective of people with dementia (PwD). In the present examination, the association of perceived overprotection in PwD is examined as an autonomy-...