Benjamin T Mast

Summary

Affiliation: University of Louisville
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Poststroke depression: a biopsychosocial approach
    Benjamin T Mast
    Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 317 Life Sciences Building, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Curr Psychiatry Rep 8:25-33. 2006
  2. ncbi Verbal learning and everyday functioning in dementia: an application of latent variable growth curve modeling
    Benjamin T Mast
    Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:P167-73. 2006
  3. ncbi Impact of cognitive impairment on the phenomenology of geriatric depression
    Benjamin 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
  4. ncbi Vascular disease and future risk of depressive symptomatology in older adults: findings from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study
    Benjamin T Mast
    Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 64:320-6. 2008
  5. ncbi The vascular depression hypothesis: the influence of age on the relationship between cerebrovascular risk factors and depressive symptoms in community dwelling elders
    B 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
  6. ncbi Risk factors for geriatric depression: the importance of executive functioning within the vascular depression hypothesis
    Benjamin T Mast
    Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:1290-4. 2004
  7. ncbi Cerebrovascular disease and late-life depression: a latent-variable analysis of depressive symptoms after stroke
    Benjamin T Mast
    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:315-22. 2004
  8. ncbi Longitudinal support for the relationship between vascular risk factors and late-life depressive symptoms
    Benjamin T Mast
    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:93-101. 2004
  9. ncbi Post-stroke and clinically-defined vascular depression in geriatric rehabilitation patients
    Benjamin T Mast
    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:84-92. 2004
  10. ncbi 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

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Poststroke depression: a biopsychosocial approach
    Benjamin T Mast
    Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 317 Life Sciences Building, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Curr Psychiatry Rep 8:25-33. 2006
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  2. ncbi Verbal learning and everyday functioning in dementia: an application of latent variable growth curve modeling
    Benjamin 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...
  3. ncbi Impact of cognitive impairment on the phenomenology of geriatric depression
    Benjamin 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
    ....
  4. ncbi Vascular disease and future risk of depressive symptomatology in older adults: findings from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study
    Benjamin 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...
  5. ncbi The vascular depression hypothesis: the influence of age on the relationship between cerebrovascular risk factors and depressive symptoms in community dwelling elders
    B 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...
  6. ncbi Risk factors for geriatric depression: the importance of executive functioning within the vascular depression hypothesis
    Benjamin 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...
  7. ncbi Cerebrovascular disease and late-life depression: a latent-variable analysis of depressive symptoms after stroke
    Benjamin 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...
  8. ncbi Longitudinal support for the relationship between vascular risk factors and late-life depressive symptoms
    Benjamin T Mast
    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:93-101. 2004
    ....
  9. ncbi Post-stroke and clinically-defined vascular depression in geriatric rehabilitation patients
    Benjamin 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...
  10. ncbi 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
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  11. ncbi The effects of widowhood and vascular risk factors on late-life depression
    Caitlin K Holley
    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:690-8. 2007
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  12. ncbi A confirmatory factor analysis of the Beck Anxiety Inventory in African American and European American young adults
    L 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...
  13. ncbi The impact of anticipatory grief on caregiver burden in dementia caregivers
    Caitlin 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...
  14. ncbi Psychosocial and vascular risk factors for depression in the elderly
    Caitlin 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...
  15. ncbi Race and vascular depression risk in community-dwelling older adults
    Armin 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...
  16. ncbi Structural equation modeling of sleep apnea, inflammation, and metabolic dysfunction in children
    Karen 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...
  17. ncbi Peripheral arterial tonometry events and electroencephalographic arousals in children
    Riva 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...
  18. ncbi Perspectives on depression, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline
    David 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...
  19. ncbi The effects of preexisting depression on cerebrovascular health outcomes in geriatric continuing care
    Mohan 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...
  20. ncbi After rehabilitation: an 18-month follow-up of elderly inner-city women
    Catherine 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
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