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Can a serious game-based cognitive training attenuate cognitive decline related to Alzheimer’s disease? Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a major public health issue. Cognitive interventions such as computerized cognitive trainings (CCT) are effective in attenuating cognitive decline in AD.
Esther Brill, Christine Krebs, Michael Falkner, Jessica Peter, Katharina Henke, Marc Züst, Lora Minkova, Anna-Katharine Brem, Stefan Klöppel   +8 more
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Patient and staff satisfaction with remote psychiatry assessments using mobile tablets in long-stay facilities in rural north-west Ireland

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has required services to evolve quickly to continue routine care and telemedicine has been rapidly implemented to facilitate this.
S. Patel, E. Maye, A. Gannon, M. Cryan, C. Dolan, G. Mccarthy   +5 more
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Reliability and validity of the functioning assessment short test for older adults with bipolar disorder (FAST-O)

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 2020
Background Many frequently used instruments fail to assess psychosocial functioning in patients with bipolar disorder. The Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) was developed in order to tackle this problem and to assess the main functioning problems ...
Melis Orhan, Nicole Korten, Ralph Kupka, Patricia van Oppen, Max Stek, Eduard Vieta, Sigfried Schouws, Wouter van Ballegooijen, Annemiek Dols   +8 more
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Influence of loss- and restoration-oriented stressors on grief in times of COVID-19

Scientific Reports, 2023
This study aimed to examine the influence of COVID-specific stressors on cross-sectional and longitudinal bereavement outcomes. According to the Dual Process Model of grief these stress-inducing factors can relate to the loss (loss-oriented stressors) or
Svenja Palm, Bettina K. Doering, Thomas Kubiak, Katharina Geschke, Andreas Fellgiebel, Alexandra Wuttke   +5 more
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The moderating effects of sex, age, and education on the outcome of combined cognitive training and transcranial electrical stimulation in older adults

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Computerized cognitive training (CCT) has been shown to improve cognition in older adults via targeted exercises for single or multiple cognitive domains.
Christine Krebs, Jessica Peter, Esther Brill, Esther Brill, Stefan Klöppel, Anna-Katharine Brem, Anna-Katharine Brem   +6 more
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The effect of loss incentives on prospective memory in healthy older adults: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial using ultra-high field fMRI

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Prospective memory is important for our health and independence but declines with age. Hence, interventions to enhance prospective memory, for example by providing an incentive, may promote healthy ageing.
Marta Menéndez-Granda, Nadine Schmidt, Michael Orth, Katharina Klink, Sebastian Horn, Matthias Kliegel, Jessica Peter   +6 more
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Experiences and attitudes of mental health care staff to the reporting of violence in the workplace in the Republic of Ireland

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction The WHO and the Violence Prevention Alliance define violence as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high ...
J. Fegan, E. Walsh
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Evidence-oriented teaching of geriatric psychiatry: a narrative literature synthesis and pilot evaluation of a clerkship seminar

GMS Journal for Medical Education, 2022
Introduction: The field of geriatric psychiatry has in recent decades developed into an independent discipline, incorporating elements of psychiatry, neurology and internal medicine.
Lenouvel, Eric, Lornsen, Finn, Schüpbach, Brigitte, Mattson, Janet, Klöppel, Stefan, Pinilla, Severin   +5 more
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COVID-19 Concerns Among Old Age Psychiatric In- and Out-Patients and the Employees Caring for Them, a Preliminary Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
A questionnaire was administered to 14 patients admitted at the Department of Old Age Psychiatric 24-h unit at Oslo University Hospital with questions about experiences and fears regarding COVID-19. A similar adjusted questionnaire was administered to 19
Maria Stylianou Korsnes, Maria Stylianou Korsnes, Elsa Grødal, Elisabeth Kjellén, Tone M. C. Kaspersen, Kristin B. Gjellesvik, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Bodil A. McPherson   +8 more
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Hypochondriacal delusion in an elderly woman recovers quickly with electroconvulsive therapy

Clinics and Practice, 2012
A 72-year-old woman without any medical and psychiatric history, suffered from nausea, pain in the epigastria and constipation for over a year. She eventually lost 20 kilograms despite nightly drip-feeding.
Annemieke Dols, Didi Rhebergen, Piet Eikelenboom, Max L. Stek   +3 more
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