Psychiatry of old age

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• Therapeutics:

  Continued use of antipsychotic drugs increased long-term mortality in patients with Alzheimer disease

  • Calvin Hirsch

  Evid. Based Med.  2009;14:115  doi:10.1136/ebm.14.4.115
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• Prognosis:

  Review: long-term annual conversion rate to dementia was 3.3% in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment

  • David Burke

  Evid. Based Med.  2009;14:90  doi:10.1136/ebm.14.3.90
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• Community based occupational therapy improved daily functioning in older patients with dementia

  • Calvin Hirsch

  Evid. Based Med.  2007;12:51  doi:10.1136/ebm.12.2.51
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• Resource review:

  ebm2go. http://www.ebm2go.com/

  • Sharon Straus

  Evid. Based Med.  2004;9:157  doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.157
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• Diagnosis:

  Review: screening instruments had sensitivities of 67–100% and specificities of 53–98% for detecting major depression in older primary care patients

  • Steve Iliffe

  Evid. Based Med.  2004;9:124  doi:10.1136/ebm.9.4.124
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• Therapeutics:

  A collaborative care management programme in a primary care setting was effective for older adults with late life depression

  • Glyn Lewis

  Evid. Based Med.  2003;8:149  doi:10.1136/ebm.8.5.149
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• Therapeutics:

  Galantamine improved cognition and global functioning in vascular dementia or Alzheimer’s disease with cerebrovascular disease

  • Eric Larson

  Evid. Based Med.  2002;7:179  doi:10.1136/ebm.7.6.179
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• Aetiology:

  Increased plasma total homocysteine levels increased the risk for dementia in the elderly

  • Seena Fazel

  Evid. Based Med.  2002;7:160  doi:10.1136/ebm.7.5.160
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• Therapeutics:

  Review: haloperidol does not reduce agitation in dementia

  • David Wilkinson

  Evid. Based Med.  2002;7:89  doi:10.1136/ebm.7.3.89
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• Therapeutics:

  Review: pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions improve outcomes in patients with dementia and for their caregivers

  • A Mark Clarfield

  Evid. Based Med.  2001;6:183  doi:10.1136/ebm.6.6.183
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