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Poststroke depression: a biopsychosocial approachBenjamin T Mast
Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 317 Life Sciences Building, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 8:25-33. 2006....
Verbal learning and everyday functioning in dementia: an application of latent variable growth curve modelingBenjamin T Mast
Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:P167-73. 2006..Rate of verbal learning over trials was a significant predictor of everyday functioning (instrumental activities of daily living) above and beyond general cognitive impairment and demographics...
Impact of cognitive impairment on the phenomenology of geriatric depressionBenjamin T Mast
Dept of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Univ of Louisville, 317 Life Sciences Bldg, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:694-700. 2005....
Vascular disease and future risk of depressive symptomatology in older adults: findings from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition studyBenjamin T Mast
Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Biol Psychiatry 64:320-6. 2008..Although neuroimaging studies provide evidence for an association between depression and severity of vascular lesions in the brain, studies of depression and indicators of vascular risk have been less consistent...
The vascular depression hypothesis: the influence of age on the relationship between cerebrovascular risk factors and depressive symptoms in community dwelling eldersB T Mast
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Life Sciences, Room 317, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Aging Ment Health 9:146-52. 2005..This finding supports the vascular depression hypothesis and is consistent with prior work suggesting vascular disease may exert its greatest effect on depression in the context of increasing frailty...
Risk factors for geriatric depression: the importance of executive functioning within the vascular depression hypothesisBenjamin T Mast
Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:1290-4. 2004..The current study seeks to examine executive dysfunction as a potential moderator of the relationship between CVRFs and depressive symptoms...
Cerebrovascular disease and late-life depression: a latent-variable analysis of depressive symptoms after strokeBenjamin T Mast
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:315-22. 2004..From the literature related to cerebrovascular disease and depression, he predicted that geriatric stroke patients would be more likely to endorse symptoms of withdrawal and affective flattening, and less agitation...
Longitudinal support for the relationship between vascular risk factors and late-life depressive symptomsBenjamin T Mast
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:93-101. 2004....
Post-stroke and clinically-defined vascular depression in geriatric rehabilitation patientsBenjamin T Mast
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:84-92. 2004..The authors examined the vascular depression hypothesis by comparing the frequency of post-stroke depression and clinically-defined vascular depression and by examining the relationship between vascular burden and depression...
Vascular risk and depression in the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (EPESE)Jennifer A Zimmerman
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:409-16. 2009....
The effects of widowhood and vascular risk factors on late-life depressionCaitlin K Holley
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:690-8. 2007....
A confirmatory factor analysis of the Beck Anxiety Inventory in African American and European American young adultsL Kevin Chapman
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
J Anxiety Disord 23:387-92. 2009..An exploratory factor analysis revealed that an alternative, two-factor model provided the best fit for the sample, particularly for the African American sample. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed...
The impact of anticipatory grief on caregiver burden in dementia caregiversCaitlin K Holley
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, KY, USA
Gerontologist 49:388-96. 2009..The current study investigated the nature of AG in a sample of dementia caregivers and examined the relationship between AG and caregiver burden...
Psychosocial and vascular risk factors for depression in the elderlyCaitlin Holley
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:84-90. 2006..One hypothesis for this finding is that vascular disease disrupts mood regulation circuits in the brain, which decrease its ability to respond to stressful events...
Race and vascular depression risk in community-dwelling older adultsArmin R Azar
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Life Sciences 317, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:329-32. 2005..Authors examined racial differences in cerebrovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and overall depressive symptomatology...
Structural equation modeling of sleep apnea, inflammation, and metabolic dysfunction in childrenKaren A Waters
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine and Kosair Children s Hospital Research Institute, University of Louisville, 571 S Preston Street, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
J Sleep Res 16:388-95. 2007..Our results support the hypothesis that OSA is a contributor to the mechanisms that link sleep, systemic inflammation and insulin resistance, and show that the interrelations may begin in childhood...
Peripheral arterial tonometry events and electroencephalographic arousals in childrenRiva Tauman
Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute and Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Sleep 27:502-6. 2004..Nevertheless, these data further support the contention that adult criteria for the measurement for arousals may not be adequate in children...
Perspectives on depression, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive declineDavid C Steffens
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:130-8. 2006..Directions for future research were identified...
The effects of preexisting depression on cerebrovascular health outcomes in geriatric continuing careMohan Krishnan
Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E. Ferry Street, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:915-9. 2005..The presence of depression in elderly patients should alert physicians to carefully investigate other stroke risk factors and to integrate depression into an overall intervention regimen for reducing patients' risks for stroke...
After rehabilitation: an 18-month follow-up of elderly inner-city womenCatherine L Lysack
Institute of Gerontology, Department of Occupational Therapy, Wayne State University, 87 E Ferry, 231 Knapp Building, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
Am J Occup Ther 57:298-306. 2003....
