Mdedge Psychcast

In this masterclass, Philip D. Harvey, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami, discusses the relationships between aging, neurocognition, and functional outcomes. And in a new segment from MDedge, called This Week in Psychiatry, we’d like to share a Current Psychiatry evidence-based review on using antidepressants for pediatric patients (PDF) by Jennifer B. Dwyer, MD, PhD, and Michael H. Bloch, MD, MS. Show Notes by Jacqueline Posada, MD, consultation-liaison psychiatry fellow with the Inova Fairfax Hospital/George Washington University program in Falls Church, Va. Introduction to normal aging Changes in cognitive abilities are part of normal aging. Crystalized intelligence, the storage of information learned throughout life, does not change over time in normal, healthy aging. Fluid intelligence, the ability to learn new information, solve problems, concentrate, and rapidly process information, starts changing at age 65 or so. Episodic memory performance, the ability