FROM THE GUEST EDITOR 

Barry Lebowitz

From the Guest Editor

Focus 2009 7: 1 [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL SYNTHESIS 

Thomas W. Meeks, Nicole Lanouette, Ipsit Vahia, Sharon Dawes, Dilip V. Jeste, and Barry Lebowitz

Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis in Older Adults

Focus 2009 7: 3-16 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME: Geriatric Psychiatry]

Jordan F. Karp and Charles F. Reynolds, III

Depression, Pain, and Aging

Focus 2009 7: 17-27 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME: Geriatric Psychiatry]

Robert M. Cohen

The Role of the Immune System in Alzheimer's Disease

Focus 2009 7: 28-35 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME: Geriatric Psychiatry]

Josepha A. Cheong

Ask the Expert: Geriatric Psychiatry

Focus 2009 7: 36-37 [Full Text] [PDF]

PATIENT MANAGEMENT 

Jody Corey-Bloom

Patient Management Exercise for Dementia

Focus 2009 7: 38-45 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATIONS 

Bibliography: Geriatric Psychiatry

Focus 2009 7: 46-48 [Full Text] [PDF]

Abstracts Geriatric Psychiatry

Focus 2009 7: 49-52 [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael A. Fearing and Sharon K. Inouye

Delirium

Focus 2009 7: 53-63 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Howard Chertkow, Fadi Massoud, Ziad Nasreddine, Sylvie Belleville, Yves Joanette, Christian Bocti, Valérie Drolet, John Kirk, Morris Freedman, and Howard Bergman

Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia: 3. Mild Cognitive Impairment and Cognitive Impairment Without Dementia

Focus 2009 7: 64-78 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carmen Andreescu, Benoit H. Mulsant, Patricia R. Houck, Ellen M. Whyte, Sati Mazumdar, Alexandre Y. Dombrovski, Bruce G. Pollock, and Charles F. Reynolds, III

Empirically Derived Decision Trees for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression

Focus 2009 7: 79-87 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer Moye and Daniel C. Marson

Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults: An Emerging Area of Practice and Research

Focus 2009 7: 88-97 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sonia Ancoli-Israel and Liat Ayalon

Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Older Adults

Focus 2009 7: 98-105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marnin J. Heisel

Suicide and Its Prevention Among Older Adults

Focus 2009 7: 106-117 [Abstract] [PDF]

Dan G. Blazer

Depression in Late Life: Review and Commentary

Focus 2009 7: 118-136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Colin A. Depp and Dilip V. Jeste

Definitions and Predictors of Successful Aging: A Comprehensive Review of Larger Quantitative Studies

Focus 2009 7: 137-150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]