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Pharmacologic treatment of depression in late lifeA J Flint
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 157:1061-7. 1997..The author emphasizes that, because of the high risk of relapse and recurrence, a long-term collaboration between the patient and the physician is required to successfully manage depression in late life...
Recurrence of first-episode geriatric depression after discontinuation of maintenance antidepressantsA J Flint
Geriatric Psychiatry Program, Toronto Hospital, Ont, Canada
Am J Psychiatry 156:943-5. 1999..Therefore, the authors examined the 2-year outcomes of elderly patients with first-episode major depression following discontinuation of their maintenance antidepressant medication...
Choosing appropriate antidepressant therapy in the elderly. A risk-benefit assessment of available agentsA J Flint
Geriatric Psychiatry Program, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada
Drugs Aging 13:269-80. 1998..There is no one 'first-line' antidepressant for elderly patients with depression. Selection of an antidepressant should be made on a case by case basis, taking into account each patient's characteristics...
The pharmacologic treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a guide for the general psychiatristA J Flint
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario
Can J Psychiatry 43:689-97. 1998..To review the drug treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to provide guidelines for the physician on how to integrate these treatments into the overall management of this disorder...
The treatment of psychotic depression in later life: a comparison of pharmacotherapy and ECTA J Flint
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:23-8. 1998..Response to combination pharmacotherapy and to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was evaluated in elderly patients with psychotic depression...
Effect of aging on cholecystokinin-induced panicA J Flint
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Quebec, Canada
Am J Psychiatry 155:283-5. 1998..The goal of this study was to determine whether aging has an effect on healthy subjects' responses to the panicogenic agent cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (CCK-4)...
Two-year outcome of psychotic depression in late lifeA J Flint
Geriatric Psychiatry Program, Toronto Hospital, Ont, Canada
Am J Psychiatry 155:178-83. 1998..The purpose of this study was to determine whether elderly patients with psychotic depression differed in long-term outcome from patients with nonpsychotic depression...
Maintenance treatment for recurrent depression in late life. A four-year outcome studyA J Flint
Geriatric Psychiatry Program, The Toronto Hospital and The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Ontario, Canada
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 8:112-6. 2000..The cumulative probability of remaining well without recurrence was 70%. Longer time to respond to treatment and higher anxiety scores at the time of response predicted shorter time to recurrence...
Neurohormonal responses to cholecystokinin tetrapeptide: a comparison of younger and older healthy subjectsA J Flint
The Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Psychoneuroendocrinology 25:633-47. 2000..For the most part, maximum changes in hormonal levels were not correlated with symptom severity, suggesting that other factors may have contributed to the differential effect of panic on the HPA axis...
Nonresponse to first-line pharmacotherapy may predict relapse and recurrence of remitted geriatric depressionA J Flint
Geriatric Psychiatry Program, The Toronto General Hospital, 8 Eaton North, Room 238, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
Depress Anxiety 13:125-31. 2001..These findings suggest that pharmacotherapy resistance may constitute a risk factor for relapse or recurrence of remitted geriatric depression, even when patients are maintained on the medication that they eventually respond to...
Anxiety disorders in late lifeA J Flint
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ont
Can Fam Physician 45:2672-9. 1999..To review the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and treatment of anxiety disorders in late life...
