Journal articleJ Pain Symptom Manage · August 2026
Depression in serious illness is common, disabling, and often requires rapid improvement. Traditional antidepressants may take weeks to work, whereas second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) have evidence for faster onset and robust augmentation effects in ...
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Journal articleJ Pain Symptom Manage · July 2026
Depression is common in serious illness, yet traditional antidepressants have a delayed onset. Psychostimulants offer potentially rapid symptom relief, but their evidence base for depression, especially in medically complex patients, remains unclear. In th ...
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Journal articleJournal of pain and symptom management · January 2026
BackgroundPalliative care (PC) aims to improve quality of life for individuals with serious illness, yet mental health needs in this population often remain underaddressed. Currently, little is known about how patients and caregivers perceive the ...
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Journal articleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association · November 2025
ObjectivesThe Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program provides nursing home-level care to older adults living in the community. We sought to characterize provider perceptions of PACE patients' unmet palliative care needs and q ...
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Journal articleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society · April 2025
IntroductionDementia affects one in three older adults over age 85 and individuals with dementia constitute the fastest growing population of patients entering hospice care. While cognitive impairment is the hallmark of dementia, behavioral sympto ...
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Journal articleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · March 2025
ObjectivesApproximately 5.5% of the population live with serious mental illnesses (SMI). Older adults with SMI experience a high burden of serious medical illnesses and disparities in advance care planning, symptom management, and caregiver suppor ...
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Journal articleClinical Gerontologist · January 1, 2025
Objectives: To explore U.S. geriatricians’ practices, beliefs, and attitudes related to opioid pain management and naloxone prescribing in older adults with serious illnesses, particularly in instances of opioid use disorder or misuse. Methods: A cross-sec ...
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Journal articleAmerican journal of men's health · September 2024
Hispanic men have the highest prevalence of obesity relative to other racial and ethnic subgroups; however, this population is consistently underrepresented in weight management interventions. This systematic review aims to provide an overview of behaviora ...
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Journal articlePlos Mental Health · January 1, 2024
Although COVID-19 vaccines have demonstrated efficacy, there is variability in health professionals’ attitudes towards these agents. Factors associated with mental health professionals’ attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination are not well understood. We inv ...
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Journal articleJournal of pain and symptom management · July 2023
BackgroundAlthough psychiatric comorbidities are common among individuals at end of life, their impact on outcomes is poorly understood.MethodsWe conducted a systematic literature review of six databases following preferred reporting item ...
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