{"title":"International Psychogeriatrics: Exciting progress and next steps.","authors":"Dilip V Jeste","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100001"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychotropics and cognitive function: A risk-benefit analysis commentary on \"Impact of psychotropic medications on cognition among older adults: A systematic review\" by Chandramouleeshwaran et al.","authors":"Kayla Murphy, Mustafa Husain","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100029"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The usefulness of a YouTube video on palliative care.","authors":"Benjamin K P Woo, Jamie O P Chung, Sara Shu","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100011"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The structure, function, and quality of the social convoy for improvements in depressive symptoms in urban and rural China: A 3-year longitudinal cohort study.","authors":"Qianyi Xu, Raymond M Xiong, Mei Zhao, Huali Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To delve into the intricate relationship between the social convoy characteristics and the improvement in depressive symptoms (IDS) over three years among middle-aged and older adults in China, focusing on the potential moderating role of the rural-urban divide.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study analyzed data from 2229 respondents aged 45 and above from the 2015 and 2018 surveys of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale was used to determine the presence of depressive symptoms. Questions on social support, social network size, and satisfaction with social relationships of the CHARLS questionnaire measured the features of social convoy. Logistic regression models were employed to evaluate the association between social convoy features and IDS and the interactions between urban-rural status and the independent variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the overall sample, having emotional support (OR=1.299), being satisfied with family (OR=1.536), life in general (OR=2.114) and healthcare services (OR=1.383) were significantly associated with the improvement in depressive symptoms (all p < 0.01). Satisfaction with life in general was a shared factor for IDS in rural (OR=2.011) and urban groups (OR=3.292, both p < 0.01). Emotional support was an additional contributor for urban registrants (OR=2.207, p = 0.002), and being satisfied with family (OR=1.552) and healthcare services (OR=1.499) for rural registrants (both p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that the function and quality of the social convoy play divergent roles in alleviating depression among urban and rural middle-aged and older adults. The study underscores the necessity of addressing mental health challenges through a tailored whole-of-society approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100004"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Depression symptom trajectory modelling: A dynamic and nuanced approach to examining the relationship between depression and cognitive outcomes. Commentary on \"Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in older adults\" by Forbes et al.","authors":"Alastair J Flint, Kathleen S Bingham","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100023"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental health and social connections in later life: Commentary on \"Mental health and social connection among older lesbian and bisexual women\" by Martinez et al.","authors":"Jack Lam","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100010"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maxwell Cooper, Leah Couzner, Jennifer Smith-Merry, Brian Draper, Lee-Fay Low, Monica Cations
{"title":"The role of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in deaths by suicide in Australia: A retrospective study of coronial records.","authors":"Maxwell Cooper, Leah Couzner, Jennifer Smith-Merry, Brian Draper, Lee-Fay Low, Monica Cations","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To characterise the cohort of individuals who died by suicide in two Australian states where dementia or mild cognitive impairment was implicated in the death, and to examine the themes related to their deaths.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective multi-methods study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Coronial data, including police and autopsy reports, held in the National Coronial Information System.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>All individuals who died by suicide in South Australia and New South Wales between 2011 and 2020 where dementia or mild cognitive impairment was relevant to their death (n = 152).</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Descriptive quantitative analysis of demographic and clinical data, and thematic analysis of themes in autopsy and police reports.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Included deaths were 67 people with confirmed dementia or MCI, 24 people with suspected dementia or MCI, 56 family members/friends of people with dementia or MCI, and 5 people who cited fear of dementia as a contributing factor for their death. The cohort were majority male (62.4 %), aged 74 years on average at the time of death (standard deviation 12.5 years), married (53.9 %), and retired (74.3 %). Themes described psychological distress and existential despair related to impairments, loss of autonomy and burdensomeness, fear of future degeneration and burdening others even where dementia onset had not occurred, factors external to but related to the dementia that cause distress and burden for family members and friends (e.g. housing, legal matters), and the phenomenon of simultaneous deaths.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mitigation of secondary effects of dementia, as well as fear and stigma, may prevent some death by suicide.</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100002"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing the understanding of ECT in dementia: A critical examination of current evidence. A commentary on \"Electroconvulsive therapy in individuals with dementia presenting with behavioral symptoms: A systematic review\" by Bachu et al.","authors":"Manan J Shah","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 1","pages":"100026"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143382319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are there sensitive age ranges at which disrupted sleep differentially affects cognition?","authors":"Kyler Mulhauser, Greta B Raglan","doi":"10.1017/S104161022400053X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S104161022400053X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1086-1088"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141179573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}