Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric Psychiatry

Questions discussed in this category

Do you consider using buspirone for the management of anxiety in older patients?

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What is your approach to deprescribing gabapentinoids so as to prevent withdrawal effects?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to initiation of mirtazapine for appetite stimulation and depression in older adults, both in terms of starting dose and titration?

1 Answer available

How do you decide when to initiate medical workup (e.g., thyroid, B12, infection) in a geriatric patient experiencing new onset or worsening low mood?

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Papers discussed in this category

Archives of general psychiatry, 2008 Dec

Incidence and recurrence of late-life depression.

Current nutrition reports, 2022 Sep 13

Is Vitamin D Important in Anxiety or Depression? What Is the Truth?

Annals of internal medicine, 2025 Sep 30

Trends in Dispensed Gabapentin Prescriptions in the United States, 2010 to 2024.

British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2023 Jun 13

Deprescribing interventions for gabapentinoids in adults: A scoping review.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2013 Sep

Gabapentin withdrawal: case report in an older adult and review of the literature.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2006-07-19

Azapirones for generalized anxiety disorder.

Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2010 Feb 01

Randomized, single-blind, trial of sertraline and buspirone for treatment of elderly patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 2023 Jun 20

Serotonin syndrome-A focused review.

Ochsner journal, 2013 Winter

Serotonin syndrome.

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