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Clinical Advances in Geriatric Psychiatry

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2023) | Viewed by 2698

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Franco-Martin

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1. Faculty of Psychology, Campus Ciudad Jardín, University of Salamanca, Avenida de la Merced, 109, 37005 Salamanca, Spain
2. Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Río Hortega University Hospital, Calle Dulzaina, 2, 47012 Valladolid, Spain
3. Department of Psychiatry, Zamora Provincial Hospital, Calle Hernán Cortés, 40, 49071 Zamora, Spain
Interests: psychogeriatrics; clinical psychiatry; dementia; psychoeducation; neuroscience
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is a collection of selected papers from the XIX Spanish Psychogeriatry Congress (https://congreso2022.sepg.es/). The Journal of Clinical Medicine (JCM) provides an opportunity to publish the selected data that were presented at the meeting in Valladolid (Spain).

One of the extremely important missions of this meeting was to present the recent advances in the mental health of and the psychological as well as psychiatric disorders affecting elderly people. With this in mind, the aim of the present Special Issue is to publish selected papers on:

  • Advances in new developments in geriatric psychiatry, mainly concerning suicide, depression, cognitive impairment, and behavioral disorders.
  • Impact of loneliness on the quality of life of elderly people.
  • Approaches from different models of care and settings.
  • Advances in new therapies for curing and improving the quality of care.

The Scientific Committee will check the best talks of the Congress and invite the authors to submit papers to this Special Issue in order to publish the most relevant advances shared during the meeting.

Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Franco-Martin
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Clinical Medicine is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • dementia
  • depression
  • suicide
  • cognitive impairment
  • psychogeriatry
  • mental health and aging

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Effects of Robot-Assisted Activity Using a Communication Robot on Neurological Activity in Older Adults with and without Cognitive Decline
by Akio Goda, Takaki Shimura, Shin Murata, Takayuki Kodama, Hideki Nakano and Hironori Ohsugi
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(14), 4818; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144818 - 21 Jul 2023
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Robot-assisted activity (RAA) using a communication robot (RAA-CR) has been proposed as a tool for alleviating behavioral and psychological symptoms accompanying dementia (BPSD) in patients with cognitive decline. This study aimed to clarify the effects of differences in cognitive function among older adults [...] Read more.
Robot-assisted activity (RAA) using a communication robot (RAA-CR) has been proposed as a tool for alleviating behavioral and psychological symptoms accompanying dementia (BPSD) in patients with cognitive decline. This study aimed to clarify the effects of differences in cognitive function among older adults on changes in active brain areas induced by RAA-CR. Twenty-nine older adults were divided into a cognitive decline group (n = 11) and a control group (n = 18). The participants individually received a 5-minute RAA session, and their resting EEG activity was measured before and after the session. Brain spatial analysis was performed on recorded EEG data using standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography. In addition, statistical comparisons of neural activity in the brain were made before and after RAA-CR and between the cognitively impaired and control groups. These results suggest that RAA-CR stimulates neural activity in the region centered on the posterior cingulate gyrus and precuneus in cognitively healthy older adults but does not significantly alter brain neural activity in cognitively impaired older adults. Therefore, modifications to the implementation methods may be necessary to effectively implement RAA-CR in cognitively impaired individuals. Full article
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Does the Loss of Teeth Have an Impact on Geriatric Patients’ Cognitive Status?
by Dana Gabriela Budală, Carina Balcoș, Adina Armencia, Dragoș Ioan Virvescu, Costin Iulian Lupu, Elena Raluca Baciu, Roxana Ionela Vasluianu, Monica Tatarciuc and Ionuț Luchian
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(6), 2328; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062328 - 16 Mar 2023
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Significant changes in the microstructure of the brain cause dementia and other mental declines associated with aging and disease. Although research has established a connection between oral health and dementia, the underlying pathologic mechanisms are still unknown. Aim: Our aim was to evaluate [...] Read more.
Significant changes in the microstructure of the brain cause dementia and other mental declines associated with aging and disease. Although research has established a connection between oral health and dementia, the underlying pathologic mechanisms are still unknown. Aim: Our aim was to evaluate dentures’ impact on the cognitive state of geriatric patients. Material and methods: A total of 108 individuals seeking treatment at the Faculty of Dental Medicine in Iasi, Romania, participated in the study, which ran from May 2022 to October 2022. Cognitive dysfunction was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination. The acquired data were analyzed with IBM SPSS 26.0, and the p-value was set at 0.05. Results: The average value of the MMSE score was 21.81 ± 3.872. Differences between groups of wearer/non-wearer subjects were statistically significant for most of the questions in the questionnaire. Linear regression analysis showed that individuals with a high MMSE score have prosthodontic treatment. A decrease in the MMSE score is associated with a decrease in masticatory efficiency (B = 1.513, p = 0.268). Conclusions: This study provides further evidence that tooth loss is associated with worse cognitive performance. It is thus conceivable that the necessary effects can be achieved by increasing the efforts dedicated to preventing tooth loss in the adult population. Full article
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