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| Congratulations to Jordan F. Karp, MD for being recognized for the Geriatrics Teacher of the Year Physician Award!
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| TWO DAYS left to reserve your hotel room for the #AAGP2018 Annual Meeting!
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Reserve your room today for the #AAGP2018 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information, go to www.aagponline.org/hotel. AAGP Group Rate deadline is February 22.
| Online registration deadline is fast approaching for the #AAGP2018 Annual Meeting
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Deadline is March 1, http://www.aagponline.org/AMregfees. After deadline, attendees must register onsite in Honolulu, Hawaii.
| Discount Shuttle Service from HNL to Hilton Hawaiian Village
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We've arranged for discount transportation between the airport and hotel for $16 each way. Save your spot by making your reservations here: https://www.airportshuttlehawaii.com/en/affiliate/aagp/
| Plan to come early or stay late and take advantage of all the islands have to offer at a discount rate for #AAGP 2018 attendees
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| iGPSAP 2017: The Internet Geriatric Psychiatry Self-Assessment Program
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The Internet Geriatric Psychiatry Self-Assessment Program is great to help you prepare for subspecialty certification or recertification examinations and is approved for 42 Self-Assessment CME credit hours by ABPN. For more information go to, www.aagponline.org/iGPSAP
| ABMS 2018 Conference on September 24-26 in Las Vegas, NV — Call for Session Proposals
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Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences via ScienceNordic
As many as 80 percent of nursing home residents have dementia, and many of them develop depression. They are normally sedentary and inactive.
Elderly people with dementia who have good muscular strength and balance and also high gait speed, show considerably less symptoms of depression, according to a new study conducted by doctoral research fellow and physiotherapist Linda Kvæl at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA).
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HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
Only one-third of people newly diagnosed with depression start treatment quickly, and seniors and minorities are the least likely to get help in a timely fashion, a new study finds. For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 240,000 people in the United States who received a new diagnosis of depression from a primary care provider between 2010 and 2013.
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Psychiatry Advisor
Anxiety symptoms in cognitively healthy adults older than 60 years were significantly associated with a reduction in episodic memory at three-year follow-up, according to the results of a study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. In this prospective study, 91 cognitively healthy adults older than 60 years with anxiety symptoms were matched with participants without anxiety.
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By Dorothy L. Tengler
 In the early 1990s, a new class of drugs, atypical antipsychotics, was developed to treat the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia. Clozaril (clozapine), the gold standard medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, was the first atypical antipsychotic to receive FDA approval in 1990 and remains a mainstay of care. However, about 40 percent of patients treated with clozapine do not show an adequate response.
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Psych Central
New research suggests higher levels of psychological distress may be associated with an increased risk of death from certain cancers. Investigators say the finding adds to evidence that psychological distress could predict certain physical conditions. The study appears in the British Medical Journal.
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UPI
The drug prazosin failed to effectively alleviate post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans, according to a trial conducted by researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Although the drug has been effective in controlling nightmares or improving sleep quality associated with PTSD, the researchers concluded it was no better than a placebo, according to results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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HealthDay News
By examining brain tissue, researchers say they've found similarities in certain mental illnesses, including autism and schizophrenia. Specifically, some similar patterns of gene expression were found in people with autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the researchers say. The study was published Feb. 8 in the journal Science.
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