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Telecommunication and neuropsychiatric symptoms in long term care dementia patients during the COVID-19 lockdown ERA

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Ippokrateio Therapeutirio in the city of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece is a private for-profit psychogeriatric hospital focusing on Long Term Care on patients with dementia.
A. Konstantinou
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Smoking, childhood IQ and cognitive function in old age [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To examine the association between smoking history and cognitive function in old age, and whether it remains after controlling for childhood cognitive ability (IQ) and adult socioeconomic status (SES).Methods: In the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
Corley, Janie, Deary, Ian J., Gow, Alan J., Starr, John M.   +3 more
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The relationship between cholinergic system brain structure and function in healthy adults and patients with mild cognitive impairment

Scientific Reports, 2021
We assessed the structure–function relationship of the human cholinergic system and hypothesized that structural measures are associated with short-latency sensory afferent inhibition (SAI), an electrophysiological measure of central cholinergic signal ...
Jessica Peter, Isabella Mayer, Thomas Kammer, Lora Minkova, Jacob Lahr, Stefan Klöppel, Michel J. Grothe, Michael Orth   +7 more
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The Use of Equine-Assisted Therapy in Patients With Aggression and Agitation Behaviors due to Moderate-to-Severe Dementia: A Case Series

Case Reports in Psychiatry
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are very common, and their management remains challenging. In older people with dementia, equine-assisted therapy (EAT) may be a promising nonpharmacological intervention for the management of BPSD.
Beatriz Pozuelo Moyano, Jean Pierre Schuster, Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart, Leonardo Zullo, Charline Compagne, Caroline Imobersteg, Armin von Gunten, Pierre Vandel   +7 more
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Bacteriocins: Novel Solutions to Age Old Spore-Related Problems? [PDF]

, 2016
peer-reviewedBacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides produced by bacteria, which have the ability to kill or inhibit other bacteria. Many bacteriocins are produced by food grade lactic acid bacteria (LAB).
Cotter, Paul D., Egan, Kevin, Field, Des, Hill, Colin, Rea, Mary, Ross, R Paul   +5 more
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Are uk higher psychiatry trainees using special interest sessions to develop their career pathways as intended? what might help achieve this goal?

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction UK Psychiatry Trainees are allocated one day per week in their final three years of training to use for “a clinical or clinically related area of service which cannot be provided within the training post but which is of direct relevance to
F. Clay
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Mechanisms for the Age-related Increase in Fatigability of the Knee Extensors in Old and Very Old Adults [PDF]

, 2018
The mechanisms for the age-related increase in fatigability during high-velocity contractions in old and very old adults ({greater than or equal to}80 yrs) are unresolved. Moreover, whether the increased fatigability with advancing age and the underlying
Hassanlouei, Hamidollah, Hunter, Sandra K., Kuplic, Andrew, Sundberg, Christopher W.   +3 more
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Older adults’ mental health during humanitarian crisis

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction A humanitarian crisis is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or wellbeing of a community or group of individuals, and require action that is usually urgent and often non-routine.
C. A. De Mendonca Lima
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Citizenship and Old Age: The End of the Road? [PDF]

, 2008
This paper is concerned with the interlinked issues of citizenship and the structured dependency of older people within Social Gerontology. It argues that implicit in much British Social Gerontology is a strategy of advancing the wellbeing of elderly ...
Higgs, P
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COVID-related confinement experience in people with major neurocognitive disorders and their caregivers in new aquitaine region, France

European Psychiatry, 2021
The COVID-19 epidemic is an unexpected global event that has shaken up the organisation of care in France. The spread of the epidemic was limited thanks to the confinement of people from Tuesday 17 March 2020 to Monday 11 May 2020.
B. Calvet
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