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Paranoid Symptoms Among Older Adults

Kiran Rabheru et al.

New-onset paranoid symptoms are common among older individuals. They can signify an acute mental status change owing to medical illness, correspond to behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, or equate to an underlying affective or primary psychotic mental disorder.

The Silent Geriatric Giant: Anxiety Disorders in Late Life

Keri-Leigh Cassidy et al.

Late-life anxiety can often be “silent”--missed or difficult to diagnose as older adults tend to somatize psychiatric problems; have multiple psychiatric, medical, and medication issues; and present anxiety differently than do younger patients.

Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Older Adults with Peripheral Arterial Disease

Nicholas J. Giacomini et al.

Assessing Patients Complaining of Memory Impairment

Mario Masellis et al.

Thiazolidinediones and Cardiovascular Disease: Balancing Benefit and Harm

Sonal Singh et al.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among older adults with type II diabetes.

Presentation of Psychosis

Svante Östling

The growing proportion of older adults in the population has increased the interest in psychiatric symptoms and disorders that seriously compromise the quality of life in this age group.

Pain Relief for Older Adults

Barry J. Goldlist MD, FRCPC, FACP, AGSF

Among the articles, we look at traditional methods of pain relief. It is good to remind ourselves that long experience with these modalities is not a guarantee that they are more effective than placebo.