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Didactic Recordings - Part 1 (6 weeks)
Articles By Topic (6 weeks)
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Session 01: Anxiety Disorders
- Assessment of anxiety in older adults: a review of self-report measures
- Canadian Network for Mood & Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 3. Pharmacological Treatments
- Canadian Network for Mood & Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 6. Special Populations: Youth, Women, and the Elderly
- Efficacy of CBT for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Older Adults: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression
- Impact of Social Isolation due to COVID-19 on Health in Older People: Mental and Physical effects and recommendations
- The Mental Health of Older LGBT Adults
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Session 02: Engaging Care-Givers & Care-Partners
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Session 03: Delirium
- 6 Proven Strategies to Prevent Delirium in Older Adults
- A Multicomponent Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients
- Clarifying Confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method
- COVID-19 ICU delirium management during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
- Delirium in Elderly People
- Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults
- Delirium in Older Persons: Advances in Diagnosis & Treatment
- Detecting Delirium Amongst Hospitalized Older Patients Show all articles ( 9 )
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Session 04: Screening, Assessment & Diagnosis of Dementia
- Brief cognitive screening instruments: an update
- Canadian Study of Health and Aging: study methods and prevalence of dementia
- CCCDTD5: Clinical role of neuroimaging and liquid biomarkers in patients with cognitive impairment
- CCCDTD5: Individual and community-based psychosocial and other non-pharmacological interventions to support persons living with dementia and their caregivers
- CCCDTD5: Reducing the risk of later-life dementia. Evidence informing the Fifth Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia: 2. Diagnosis
- Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline for Deprescribing Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine in People with Dementia Show all articles ( 8 )
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Session 05: BPSD & Management of Dementia
- Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
- Baycrest – Caregiver Support
- Baycrest – Resonsive Behaviours Resources
- Best Practice Guideline for Accommodating & Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Residential Care
- CCSMH Guideline Update - The Assessment & Treatment of Mental Health Issues in Long Term Care Homes: Focus on Mood & Behavior Symptoms
- French BPSD resource
- Interior Health (British Columbia) - Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms: Taking a new look at dementia behaviours and adjusting perspectives
- Management of Dementing Disorders Show all articles ( 5 )
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Session 06: Mood Disorders (Focus on Depression)
- A report on older-age bipolar disorder from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force
- Age Differences in Major depression: Results from the National Comorbidity Surveys Replication (NCS-R)
- Comparison of diagnostic performance of two-question screen and 15 depression screening instruments for older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
- Cross-national associations between gender and mental disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
- Depression Among Older Adults: A 20-Year Update on Five Common Myths and Misconceptions
- Diagnosing and Treating Depression in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
- DSM-5 Criteria for Major Depressive Disorder
- Effect of Improving Depression Care on Pain and Functional Outcomes Among Older Adults with Arthritis Show all articles ( 18 )
Didactic Recordings - Part 2 (10 weeks)
- Session 01: Substance Use Disorders
- Session 02: Suicide Risk & Assessment
- Session 03: Consent & Capacity
- Session 04: Promoting Wellness & Mental Health
- Session 05: Cultural Sensitivity
- Session 06: Late Life Psychosis & Schizophrenia
- Session 07: End of Life & Palliative Care
- Session 08: Deprescribing & Polypharmacy Show all articles ( 2 )
Articles By Topic (10 weeks)
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Session 01: Substance Use Disorders
- Alcohol and Medication Reactions
- Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis and management
- AUDIT - Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
- Canadian Coalition for Senior's Mental Health (CCSMH) - Opioid Use Disorder Among Older Adults
- Canadian Guideline for< Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
- Characteristics of health care related to mental health and substance use disorders among Community Health Centre clients in Ontario: a population-based cohort study
- Childhood adversity and mental health comorbidity in men and women with opioid use disorders
- Comorbid pathological gambling, mental health, and substance use disorders: Health-care services provision by clinician specialty Show all articles ( 18 )
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Session 02: Suicide Risk & Assessment
- A suicide prevention program in a region with a very high suicide rate
- A Systematic Review of Elderly Suicide Prevention Programs
- Adapting Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Older Adults at Risk for Suicide
- Adapting interpersonal psychotherapy for older adults at risk for suicide
- Clozapine Treatment for Suicidality in Schizophrenia
- Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention for Suicide Prevention (CRISP) for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Hospitalized for Suicidality
- Cognitive Therapy for the Prevention of Suicide Attempts
- Community-based Participatory Research Show all articles ( 18 )
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Session 03: Consent & Capacity
- Assessing Capacity in Canada Cross-Provincial Examination of Capacity Legislation
- Assessing Financial Capacity in Patients With Alzheimer Disease
- Assessment of Older Adults With Diminished Capacity- A Handbook for Psychologists
- Assessment of Patient Capacity to Consent to Treatment
- Cognitive Fluctuations as a Challenge for the Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Patients With Dementia
- Determining if an older adult can make and execute decisions to live safely at home- a capacity assessment and intervention model
- Finances in the Older Patient with Cognitive Impairment
- Fluctuating capacity and advance decision-making in Bipolar Affective Disorder - Self-binding directives and self-determination Show all articles ( 5 )
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Session 04: Promoting Wellness & Mental Health
- '3 Steps to Coping with Anything (including COVID-19) A Chalkboard Talk'
- A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people
- Baycrest Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation
- Bullying Canada
- Canada Food Guide
- Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health
- Canadian Mental Health Association - Positive Mental Health and Well-Being
- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Show all articles ( 20 )
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Session 05: Cultural Sensitivity
- Alberta Health Services - Indigenous Wellness Core
- An Approach to Improve Dementia Health Literacy in Indigenous Communities
- Dementia Risk in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder- the Relevance of Sleep-Related Abnormalities in Brain Structure Amyloid and Inflammation
- Government of Canada - A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Aspire
- Improving the Quality of Life and Care of Persons Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers
- Making sense of dementia- understanding amongst indigenous Australians
- Peace of mind- A community-industry-academic partnership to adapt dementia technology for Anishinaabe communities on Manitoulin Island
- Race- and Sex-Based Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trial Enrollment in the United States and Canada- An Indigenous Perspective Show all articles ( 4 )
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Session 06: Late Life Psychosis & Schizophrenia
- A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral social skills training for middle-aged and older outpatients with chronic schizophrenia
- Age at onset and cognition in schizophrenia- meta-analysis
- Association Between Anticholinergic Medication Use and Cognition Brain Metabolism and Brain Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Older Adults
- Cognition and Dopamine D2 Receptor Availability in the Striatum in Older Patients with Schizophrenia
- Cognitive Performance of Individuals With Schizophrenia Across Seven Decades- A Study Using the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery
- Cumulative Use of Strong Anticholinergics and Incident Dementia
- Defining disengagement from mental health services for individuals experiencing first episode psychosis- a systematic review
- Evaluation of Antipsychotic Dose Reduction in Late-Life Schizophrenia Show all articles ( 14 )
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Session 07: End of Life & Palliative Care
- Comparison of Integrated Outpatient Palliative Care With Standard Care in Patients With Parkinson Disease and Related Disorders - A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Department of Justice Canada’s new medical assistance in dying (MAID) law
- Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia- cluster randomised clinical trial
- Epidemiology of Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease
- National Post: Murder trial hears that woman with Alzheimer's was not at end of life
- Palliative Care Interventions for Patients with Heart Failure- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Person-Centred Decision-Making- Documenting Goals of Care Discussions Show all articles ( 5 )
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Session 08: De-prescribing & Polypharmacy
- ACB Calculator
- Canadian Pharmacists Association
- Deprescribing antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and insomnia- Evidence-based clinical practice guideline
- Deprescribing resources
- Managing polypharmacy in a 77-year-old woman with multiple prescribers
- Mayo Clinic
- MedlinePlus
- Ontario eConsult Program - Improving Timely Access to Specialist Advice Show all articles ( 6 )
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Session 09: Sleep Disorders
- Benzodiazepines Z-drugs and the risk of hip fracture- A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Canadian Guidelines on Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist Use Disorder Among Older Adults Title
- Deprescribing Network
- Effectiveness of non-benzodiazepine hypnotics in treatment of adult insomnia- meta-analysis of data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration
- European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia
- Meta-analysis of the impact of 9 medication classes on falls in elderly persons
- My Sleep Well
- Nonbenzodiazepine Sleep Medication Use and Hip Fractures in Nursing Home Residents Show all articles ( 1 )
Didactic Recordings - Part 3 (10 weeks)