by PsyAsia International | Friday, May 28, 2021 | Alzheimer's, Behaviour, Dementia, Dementia Journals, Neuropsychiatric, PsyAsia Neuropsychology, Suicide
May 28, 2021 Abstract Introduction Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias (ADRD) can be a pivotal and stressful period. We examined the risk of suicide in the first year after ADRD diagnosis relative to the general geriatric...
by PsyAsia International | Friday, May 28, 2021 | Behaviour, COVID, Memory, Neuropsychiatric, Neuropsychology, PsyAsia Neuropsychology
May 28, 2021 Objective: Discuss anticipated patterns of cognitive and emotional dysfunction, prognostic indicators, and treatment considerations based on review of (a) neuroinvasive properties of prior human coronaviruses and (b) extensively researched disorders which...
by PsyAsia International | Friday, May 14, 2021 | Brain, Executive Function, Neuropsychological Tests, Neuropsychology, Perseveration, PsyAsia Neuropsychology
May 14, 2021 Objective: Right brain-damaged patients may show omissions and/or additional marks in target cancellation. The latter is classified as perseverative behavior and has been attributed to defective response inhibition or attentional disengagement deficit....
by PsyAsia International | Friday, May 14, 2021 | Aging, Alzheimer's, Amyloid, Brain, Dementia Journals, Diet, Neurodegeneration, PsyAsia Neuropsychology
May 14, 2021 Abstract Introduction Associations between diet, psychosocial stress, and neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), have been reported, but causal relationships are difficult to determine in human studies. Methods We used...
by PsyAsia International | Friday, May 14, 2021 | Dementia, DLB, Hallucinations, Neuropsychology, Perception, PsyAsia Neuropsychology, Visuo-spatial
May 14, 2021 Objectives: In dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) recurrent visual hallucinations (VH) often coexist or occur consecutively to impaired visual perception. Since in-depth neuropsychological testing is time-consuming, and therefore, not routinely performed in...