Objective: This study aims to evaluate the differential predictive values of age, age of onset and duration of illness on paroxetine and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) outcome in late-life panic disorder with agoraphobia. Method: Patients 60 years and older with a confirmed diagnosis of panic d
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the differential predictive values of age, age of onset and duration of illness on paroxetine and cognitive‐behavioural therapy (CBT) outcome in late‐life panic disorder with agoraphobia. Method: Patients 60 years and older with a confirmed diagnosis of panic d
Two elderly patients with dementia-related behavioral problems developed rash, edema, eosinophilia and systemic symptoms after administration of carbamazepine. Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) was diagnosed with some delay. The relevance and complexity of recognizing DRE
OBJECTIVE: Self-harm is closely related to completed suicide, especially in older age. As empirical research of self-harm in older age is scarce, with no studies confined to first-ever episodes in older age, we examined the clinical characteristics and the risk of repetition in first-ever self-harm
We describe a case of a 78-year-old man who, on two occasions, had intracerebral hemorrhage with an atypical, predominantly psychiatric presentation: once with major depression without focal neurological signs and the second time with severe behavioral disturbance and only mild facial paralysis.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between obesity and depressive symptoms taking into account different measures for obesity (body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)) and different depressive symptom clusters. DESIGN: Cross-sectional population-based surve
BACKGROUND: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) belongs to the neurotrophin family of growth factors and affects the survival and plasticity of neurons in the adult central nervous system. The high correlation between cortical and serum BDNF levels has led to many human studies on BDNF levels i
BACKGROUND: Several interventions aiming at discontinuation of long-term benzodiazepine use have been proven effective in the short term. However, data on the persistence of discontinuation are lacking. OBJECTIVES: To assess 10-year follow-up status in patients who succeeded in stopping benzodiazepi
AIM: To collect empirical evidence concerning the effectiveness of the treatment of anxiety disorders in the elderly. METHOD: Meta-analysis and randomised controlled trials. RESULTS: Meta-analysis showed that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was more successful than waiting-list control or active
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