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| Barry W RovnerSummaryAffiliation: Thomas Jefferson University Country: USA Publications
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Effect of depression on vision function in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 120:1041-4. 2002..To report the prevalence rate of depression in older patients with recent vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to describe the effect of depression on self-reported vision function during 6 months...
Preventing cognitive decline in older African Americans with mild cognitive impairment: design and methods of a randomized clinical trialBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, PA 19107, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 33:712-20. 2012..The negative results of recent clinical trials of drug treatments for MCI and Alzheimer's disease suggest that behavioral interventions may provide an alternative treatment approach to preserve cognition in an aging society...- Preventing depression in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, 900 Walnut St, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:886-92. 2007..Age-related macular degeneration is a prevalent disease of aging that may cause irreversible vision loss, disability, and depression. The latter is rarely recognized or treated in ophthalmologic settings... - Psychological and cognitive determinants of vision function in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 129:885-90. 2011.... - Variability in depressive symptoms predicts cognitive decline in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:574-81. 2009..The measurement of affective symptoms in older persons who decline cognitively is uncertain. The authors investigated whether mood variability predicts dementia in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Activity loss is associated with cognitive decline in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Alzheimers Dement 5:12-7. 2009..We conducted a 3-year longitudinal study of 206 nondemented patients with AMD... - Dissatisfaction with performance of valued activities predicts depression in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:789-93. 2007..To determine whether dissatisfaction with performance of valued activities predicts depression in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Preventing late-life depression in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:454-9. 2008..To determine whether problem-solving treatment (PST) can prevent depressive disorders in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Minimal depression and vision function in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ophthalmology 113:1743-7. 2006..To evaluate the impact of minimal depression on subjective and objective vision function measures in age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... 
Cognitive and noncognitive determinants of everyday activities in a racially diverse population of older persons receiving health servicesBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 200:627-31. 2012..Interventions to optimize episodic memory, medical status, and treatment of depression may slow down the pathway to disability in older persons...- Racial differences in the recognition of cognitive dysfunction in older personsBarry W Rovner
Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 26:44-9. 2012..These differences may contribute to disparities in the detection and treatment of cognitive disorders in older black persons... - The Charles Bonnet syndrome: a review of recent researchBarry W Rovner
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 17:275-7. 2006..The numbers of affected persons will increase with aging of the population, making recognition and treatment important components of ophthalmologic care... - Activity loss and depression in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College at Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10:305-10. 2002..IAS levels best illuminated this relationship, suggesting the value of this dimension of affective functioning in studies of the consequences of chronic disease... - Age-related macular degeneration and depression: a review of recent researchRobin J Casten
Jefferson Medical College and Wills Eye Hospital, and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, 900 Walnut Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 15:181-3. 2004..The purpose of this review is to summarize current research findings regarding relationships between depression and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Initial clinical comparison of 18F-florbetapir and 18F-FDG PET in patients with Alzheimer disease and controlsAndrew B Newberg
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
J Nucl Med 53:902-7. 2012..The purpose of this study was to determine how clinical interpretations of the (18)F-amyloid tracer florbetapir compares diagnostically with (18)F-FDG PET when evaluating patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and controls... - Preventing depression after strokeEllen M Whyte
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
Int Rev Psychiatry 18:471-81. 2006..Then, we will discuss recent research supporting the prevention of depression after stroke and the likely positive effect successful prevention may have on non-psychiatric outcomes... - Update on depression and age-related macular degenerationRobin J Casten
aDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior bDepartments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 24:239-43. 2013..Treatment for AMD has been revolutionized since the 2004 review of depression and AMD. New data describing the prevalence of depression in AMD, as well as novel interventions for managing depression in AMD, are discussed... - Stability of visual acuity measurement in depressionBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:255-8. 2005..The authors sought to determine whether depression influences the measurement of visual acuity (VA) in older persons... - The Charles Bonnet syndrome. Visual hallucinations caused by vision impairmentBarry W Rovner
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Geriatrics 57:45-6. 2002 - A pilot study of sertraline for depression in age-related macular degenerationBarry W Rovner
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:718-9. 2006