Depression: Cause or Complication of Cognitive Decline?
CASE Mr S is a 72-year-old man who told his primary care provider that he had depressed and low mood, poor sleep with the inability to sleep past 4.00 am,…
Using Psychotropic Medications to Manage Problem Behaviors in Dementia
CAUTION When assessing a problem behavior for the first time, also look into causes other than dementia. For example, untreated pain, a medication side-effect or delirium can cause agitation, depression…
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Dementia
EVIDENCE AT A GLANCE Essential elements of informed consent There are three essential elements of informed consent. 1. Disclosure : physicians must convey adequate information to the patient 2. Voluntariness…
Primary Prevention of Dementia
SCIENCE REVISITED The NIH State of the Science Conference statement on Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline is available in its entirety at http://consensus.nih.gov/2010/alz.htm. From the abstract: “Currently, firm conclusions…
Palliative Care in Advanced Dementias
CAUTION Dementia is most common in the geriatric population. A list of medications called the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults identifies common medications with a…
An Approach to the Problem of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
TIPS AND TRICKS Head circumference above the 90th percentilefor age and height is associated with a three-fold increased risk of adult hydrocephalus[4]. Several lines of evidence indicate that CSF pulsatility…
Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Dementia
Other chapters consider young-onset and rapidly progressive dementia. Here we consider dementia in people 65 years of age and older. SCIENCE REVISITED The clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s diease is confirmed…
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
6Generalized Anxiety DisorderPersonalized Case Formulation and Treatment Kieron O’Connor, Amélie Drolet-Marcoux, Geneviève Larocque and Karolan Gervais Introduction Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is traditionally considered a residual disorder diagnosed in the…
Cognitive-behavioural Case Formulation in the Treatment of a Complex Case of Social Anxiety Disorder and Substance Misuse
Related posts: The Development of Case Formulation Approaches The Therapeutic Relationship as a Critical Intervention in a Case of Complex PTSD and OCD Cognitive-Behavioural Formulation and the Scientist-Practitioner Case Formulation…
The UCL Case Formulation Model
2The UCL Case Formulation ModelClinical Process and Procedures Michael Bruch I have no data yet.It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.Insensibly one begins to twist facts…
