Mdedge Psychcast

George T. Grossberg, MD, conducts a Masterclass on treating mood disorders in geriatric patients from the CP/AACP Psychiatry Update 2019 meeting in Las Vegas. The meeting was sponsored by Global Academy for Medical Education and Current Psychiatry. Dr. Grossberg is the Samuel W. Fordyce professor and director of geriatric psychiatry at St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Later, Renee Kohanski, MD, discusses the first thing psychiatrists can do for patients. Take-home points from Dr. Grossberg: The prevalence of major depressive disorder among older adults who reside in the community is similar to that of the general population (6%). In nursing homes, the prevalence of significant clinical depression is close to 25%. Depression in older adults in long-term care facilities is underrecognized and undertreated. Risk factors for depression include advanced age (80-90 years), loneliness and lack of social support, painful conditions, frailty, and medical comorbidities. Medications that are cent