Barry W Rovner

..The numbers of affected persons will increase with aging of the population, making recognition and treatment important components of ophthalmologic care...

..To evaluate the impact of minimal depression on subjective and objective vision function measures in age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...

..Interventions to optimize episodic memory, medical status, and treatment of depression may slow down the pathway to disability in older persons...

..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...

..These differences may contribute to disparities in the detection and treatment of cognitive disorders in older black persons...

..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...

..This paper describes the research methods, theoretical and clinical aspects of the study treatments, and the measures used to evaluate functional and psychiatric outcomes in this population...

..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)...

..We conducted a 3-year longitudinal study of 206 nondemented patients with AMD...

..To determine whether problem-solving treatment (PST) can prevent depressive disorders in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...

..To determine whether dissatisfaction with performance of valued activities predicts depression in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...

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..The authors sought to determine whether depression influences the measurement of visual acuity (VA) in older persons...

..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...

..IAS levels best illuminated this relationship, suggesting the value of this dimension of affective functioning in studies of the consequences of chronic disease...

..The purpose of this review is to summarize current research findings regarding relationships between depression and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...

..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...

..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...

..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...

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..Although depressive disorder is the primary outcome, we will also assess the impact of PST on levels of disability and vision-related quality of life. ..

..This makes devising and testing practical and affordable interventions to improve vision function a national priority. ..

..Until we find better treatments for AD, behavioral interventions may hold the best hope for preserving cognition in an aging society. ..