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Topic 1 - Development Through the Life Cycle (Normal Aging, Anatomic/Physiologic Changes, Psychological Changes)
Topic 2 - Mood Disorders, Suicide, Bereavement
Topic 3 - Neurocognitive Disorders – Alzheimer Disease
Topic 4 - Neurocognitive Disorders – Delirium and Dementia
Topic 5 - Anxiety Disorders, Trauma and Stress Disorders
Topic 6 - Neurological Disorders, Sleep/Wake Disorders, Medical Comorbidities, Chronic Pain, Common Presentations of Medical Illness (Falls, Frailty, Incontinence, etc.)
Topic 7 - Substance Use Disorders
Topic 8 - Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders, OCD, Personality Disorders, Sexual Disorders, Eating Disorders, Somatic Symptom Disorders, Other Psychiatric Disorders
Topic 9 - Psychosocial Aspects of Aging, Caregivers, Support Systems, Social Determinants of Health, Culturally Appropriate Care, Barriers to Accessing Care, Loneliness Resilience, Emerging Issues
Topic 10 - Nursing Homes, Long-term Care, Healthcare Systems, Professionalism, Forensics, Ethics

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Tulloch, A., Bombell, H., Dean, C., & Tiedemann, A. (2018). Yoga-based exercise improves health-related quality of life and mental well-being in older people: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Age and ageing, 47(4), 537–544. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy044

Krendl, A. C., & Perry, B. L. (2021). The Impact of Sheltering in Place During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older Adults' Social and Mental Well-Being. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 76(2), e53–e58. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa110

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Meichsner, F., O'Connor, M., Skritskaya, N., & Shear, M. K. (2020). Grief Before and After Bereavement in the Elderly: An Approach to Care. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(5), 560–569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2019.12.010

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Schaakxs, R., Comijs, H. C., van der Mast, R. C., Schoevers, R. A., Beekman, A. T. F., & Penninx, B. W. J. H. (2017). Risk Factors for Depression: Differential Across Age?. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(9), 966–977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2017.04.004

Choi, N. G., Marti, C. N., Wilson, N. L., Chen, G. J., Sirrianni, L., Hegel, M. T., Bruce, M. L., & Kunik, M. E. (2020). Effect of Telehealth Treatment by Lay Counselors vs by Clinicians on Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Who Are Homebound: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 3(8), e2015648. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15648

Chee, J. N., Rapoport, M. J., Molnar, F., Herrmann, N., O'Neill, D., Marottoli, R., Mitchell, S., Tant, M., Dow, J., Ayotte, D., Lanctôt, K. L., McFadden, R., Taylor, J. P., Donaghy, P. C., Olsen, K., Classen, S., Elzohairy, Y., & Carr, D. B. (2017). Update on the Risk of Motor Vehicle Collision or Driving Impairment with Dementia: A Collaborative International Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(12), 1376–1390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2017.05.007

Luck, T., Then, F. S., Schroeter, M. L., Witte, V., Engel, C., Loeffler, M., Thiery, J., Villringer, A., & Riedel-Heller, S. G. (2017). Prevalence of DSM-5 Mild Neurocognitive Disorder in Dementia-Free Older Adults: Results of the Population-Based LIFE-Adult-Study. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(4), 328–339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.07.001

Koenig, A. M., Nobuhara, C. K., Williams, V. J., & Arnold, S. E. (2018). Biomarkers in Alzheimer's, Frontotemporal, Lewy Body, and Vascular Dementias. Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing), 16(2), 164–172. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170048

Bartels, C., Wagner, M., Wolfsgruber, S., Ehrenreich, H., Schneider, A., & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2018). Impact of SSRI Therapy on Risk of Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's Dementia in Individuals With Previous Depression. The American journal of psychiatry, 175(3), 232–241. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17040404

Rutherford, B. R., Brewster, K., Golub, J. S., Kim, A. H., & Roose, S. P. (2018). Sensation and Psychiatry: Linking Age-Related Hearing Loss to Late-Life Depression and Cognitive Decline. The American journal of psychiatry, 175(3), 215–224. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17040423

Liu, L., Hayden, K. M., May, N. S., Haring, B., Liu, Z., Henderson, V. W., Chen, J. C., Gracely, E. J., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., & Rapp, S. R. (2022). Association between blood pressure levels and cognitive impairment in older women: a prospective analysis of the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. The lancet. Healthy longevity, 3(1), e42–e53. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2666-7568(21)00283-x

Legesse, B., Babadi, B., & Forester, B. (2017). Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Neurocognitive Disorders. Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing), 15(1), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20160031

Nikooie, R., Neufeld, K. J., Oh, E. S., Wilson, L. M., Zhang, A., Robinson, K. A., & Needham, D. M. (2019). Antipsychotics for Treating Delirium in Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review. Annals of internal medicine, 171(7), 485–495. https://doi.org/10.7326/M19-1860

Crane, P. K., Gibbons, L. E., Dams-O'Connor, K., Trittschuh, E., Leverenz, J. B., Keene, C. D., Sonnen, J., Montine, T. J., Bennett, D. A., Leurgans, S., Schneider, J. A., & Larson, E. B. (2016). Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With Late-Life Neurodegenerative Conditions and Neuropathologic Findings. JAMA neurology, 73(9), 1062–1069. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.1948

McKeith, I. G., Boeve, B. F., Dickson, D. W., Halliday, G., Taylor, J. P., Weintraub, D., Aarsland, D., Galvin, J., Attems, J., Ballard, C. G., Bayston, A., Beach, T. G., Blanc, F., Bohnen, N., Bonanni, L., Bras, J., Brundin, P., Burn, D., Chen-Plotkin, A., Duda, J. E., … Kosaka, K. (2017). Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Fourth consensus report of the DLB Consortium. Neurology, 89(1), 88–100. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004058

Tariot, P. N., Cummings, J. L., Soto-Martin, M. E., Ballard, C., Erten-Lyons, D., Sultzer, D. L., Devanand, D. P., Weintraub, D., McEvoy, B., Youakim, J. M., Stankovic, S., & Foff, E. P. (2021). Trial of Pimavanserin in Dementia-Related Psychosis. The New England journal of medicine, 385(4), 309–319. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2034634

Ludolph, P., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Kunzler, A. M., Rösch, R., Geschke, K., Vahl, C. F., & Lieb, K. (2020). Non-Pharmacologic Multicomponent Interventions Preventing Delirium in Hospitalized People. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(8), 1864–1871. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16565

Hall, J., Kellett, S., Berrios, R., Bains, M. K., & Scott, S. (2016). Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Older Adults: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(11), 1063–1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.06.006

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Canuto, A., Weber, K., Baertschi, M., Andreas, S., Volkert, J., Dehoust, M. C., Sehner, S., Suling, A., Wegscheider, K., Ausín, B., Crawford, M. J., Da Ronch, C., Grassi, L., Hershkovitz, Y., Muñoz, M., Quirk, A., Rotenstein, O., Santos-Olmo, A. B., Shalev, A., Strehle, J., … Härter, M. (2018). Anxiety Disorders in Old Age: Psychiatric Comorbidities, Quality of Life, and Prevalence According to Age, Gender, and Country. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(2), 174–185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2017.08.015

Voshaar, R. C., van der Veen, D. C., Kapur, N., Hunt, I., Williams, A., & Pachana, N. A. (2015). Suicide in patients suffering from late-life anxiety disorders; a comparison with younger patients. International psychogeriatrics, 27(7), 1197–1205. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610215000125

Crocco, E. A., Jaramillo, S., Cruz-Ortiz, C., & Camfield, K. (2017). Pharmacological Management of Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly. Current treatment options in psychiatry, 4(1), 33–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-017-0102-4

Kang, B., Xu, H., & McConnell, E. S. (2019). Neurocognitive and psychiatric comorbidities of posttraumatic stress disorder among older veterans: A systematic review. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 34(4), 522–538. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5055

Seppi, K., Ray Chaudhuri, K., Coelho, M., Fox, S. H., Katzenschlager, R., Perez Lloret, S., Weintraub, D., Sampaio, C., & the collaborators of the Parkinson's Disease Update on Non-Motor Symptoms Study Group on behalf of the Movement Disorders Society Evidence-Based Medicine Committee (2019). Update on treatments for nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson's disease-an evidence-based medicine review. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 34(2), 180–198. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27602

Kerner, N. A., & Roose, S. P. (2016). Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Linked to Depression and Cognitive Impairment: Evidence and Potential Mechanisms. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(6), 496–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.01.134

Estevez-Fraga, C., Zeun, P., & López-Sendón Moreno, J. L. (2018). Current Methods for the Treatment and Prevention of Drug-Induced Parkinsonism and Tardive Dyskinesia in the Elderly. Drugs & aging, 35(11), 959–971. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-018-0590-y

Naples, J. G., Kotlarczyk, M. P., Perera, S., Greenspan, S. L., & Hanlon, J. T. (2016). Non-tricyclic and Non-selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressants and Recurrent Falls in Frail Older Women. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(12), 1221–1227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.08.008

Rybarczyk, B., Lund, H. G., Garroway, A. M., & Mack, L. (2013). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in older adults: background, evidence, and overview of treatment protocol. Clinical Gerontologist, 36(1), 70-93.

Iranzo A. (2018). Parasomnias and Sleep-Related Movement Disorders in Older Adults. Sleep medicine clinics, 13(1), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsmc.2017.09.005

Han, B. H., Moore, A. A., Ferris, R., & Palamar, J. J. (2019). Binge Drinking Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015 to 2017. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(10), 2139–2144. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16071

Vacaflor, B. E., Beauchet, O., Jarvis, G. E., Schavietto, A., & Rej, S. (2020). Mental Health and Cognition in Older Cannabis Users: a Review. Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ, 23(3), 242–249. https://doi.org/10.5770/cgj.23.399

Rieb, L. M., Samaan, Z., Furlan, A. D., Rabheru, K., Feldman, S., Hung, L., Budd, G., & Coleman, D. (2020). Canadian Guidelines on Opioid Use Disorder Among Older Adults. Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ, 23(1), 123–134. https://doi.org/10.5770/cgj.23.420

Maust, D. T., Lin, L. A., & Blow, F. C. (2019). Benzodiazepine Use and Misuse Among Adults in the United States. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 70(2), 97–106. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800321

Lehmann, S. W., & Fingerhood, M. (2018). Substance-Use Disorders in Later Life. The New England journal of medicine, 379(24), 2351–2360. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1805981

Joshi, P., Duong, K. T., Trevisan, L. A., & Wilkins, K. M. (2021). Evaluation and Management of Alcohol use Disorder among Older Adults. Current geriatrics reports, 10(3), 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-021-00359-5

Roane, D. M., Landers, A., Sherratt, J., & Wilson, G. S. (2017). Hoarding in the elderly: a critical review of the recent literature. International psychogeriatrics, 29(7), 1077–1084. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216002465

Tampi, R. R., Young, J., Hoq, R., Resnick, K., & Tampi, D. J. (2019). Psychotic disorders in late life: a narrative review. Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology, 9, 2045125319882798. https://doi.org/10.1177/2045125319882798

Lever, A. G., & Geurts, H. M. (2016). Psychiatric Co-occurring Symptoms and Disorders in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 46(6), 1916–1930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2722-8

Samuels, K. L., Maine, M. M., & Tantillo, M. (2019). Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, and Body Image in Midlife and Older Women. Current psychiatry reports, 21(8), 70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-019-1057-5

Murante, T., & Cohen, C. I. (2017). Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults With Schizophrenia. Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing), 15(1), 26–34. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20160032

Hanssen, D. J. C., Lucassen, P. L. B. J., Naarding, P., de Waal, M. W. M., & Oude Voshaar, R. C. (2018). Pain characteristics of older persons with medically unexplained symptoms, older persons with medically explained symptoms and older persons with depression. Aging & mental health, 22(12), 1642–1649. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1387762

Terum, T. M., Andersen, J. R., Rongve, A., Aarsland, D., Svendsboe, E. J., & Testad, I. (2017). The relationship of specific items on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory to caregiver burden in dementia: a systematic review. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 32(7), 703–717. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4704

Rhee, T. G., Barry, L. C., Kuchel, G. A., Steffens, D. C., & Wilkinson, S. T. (2019). Associations of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Past-Year DSM-5 Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(10), 2085–2093. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16032

Taylor, R. J., & Chatters, L. M. (2020). Psychiatric Disorders Among Older Black Americans: Within- and Between-Group Differences. Innovation in aging, 4(3), igaa007. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa007

Tung, E. L., Hawkley, L. C., Cagney, K. A., & Peek, M. E. (2019). Social Isolation, Loneliness, And Violence Exposure In Urban Adults. Health affairs (Project Hope), 38(10), 1670–1678. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00563

Guterman, E. L., Allen, I. E., Josephson, S. A., Merrilees, J. J., Dulaney, S., Chiong, W., Lee, K., Bonasera, S. J., Miller, B. L., & Possin, K. L. (2019). Association Between Caregiver Depression and Emergency Department Use Among Patients With Dementia. JAMA neurology, 76(10), 1166–1173. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.1820

Jung, H., Cho, Y. J., Rhee, M. K., & Jang, Y. (2020). Stigmatizing Beliefs About Depression in Diverse Ethnic Groups of Asian Americans. Community mental health journal, 56(1), 79–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00481-x

Wouters, H., Scheper, J., Koning, H., Brouwer, C., Twisk, J. W., van der Meer, H., Boersma, F., Zuidema, S. U., & Taxis, K. (2017). Discontinuing Inappropriate Medication Use in Nursing Home Residents: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of internal medicine, 167(9), 609–617. https://doi.org/10.7326/M16-2729

Maust, D. T., Kim, H. M., Chiang, C., & Kales, H. C. (2018). Association of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care With the Use of Antipsychotics and Other Psychotropics in Long-term Care in the United States From 2009 to 2014. JAMA internal medicine, 178(5), 640–647. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0379

Bryson, W. C., Cotton, B. P., Barry, L. C., Bruce, M. L., Piel, J., Thielke, S. M., & Williams, B. A. (2019). Mental health treatment among older adults with mental illness on parole or probation. Health & justice, 7(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0084-y

Gentry, M. T., Lapid, M. I., & Rummans, T. A. (2019). Geriatric Telepsychiatry: Systematic Review and Policy Considerations. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 27(2), 109–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2018.10.009

Briesacher, B. A., Koethe, B., Olivieri-Mui, B., Saczynski, J. S., Fick, D. M., Devlin, J. W., & Marcantonio, E. R. (2020). Association of Positive Delirium Screening with Incident Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(12), 2931–2936. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16830

Brennan, P. L., & SooHoo, S. (2020). Effects of Mental Health Disorders on Nursing Home Residents' Nine-Month Pain Trajectories. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 21(3), 488–500. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz177