Behavioural Problems in Dementia - Late-Life Depression: Connecting Research & Clinical Care

This conference will address advances in the clinical evaluation, differential diagnosis, pharmacological, non-pharmacological and psychosocial interventions for both behavioural problems in dementia and late-life depression. A major focus of the presentations will be to discuss the impact of these disorders on the community and in long-term care homes.

Workshop Presentations
Listed below are the event presentations. Documents are in pdf format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can view a presentation on-line by clicking the link.

•	Welcoming Remarks Bruce G. Pollock, MD, PhD, FRCPC
•	About the Speakers and Presenters
•	Late-Life Depression: Epidemiology and Clinical Course Alastair Flint MB, FRCPC, FRANZCP
•	Late-life Depression: Evidence-based Treatment Rob van Reekum, MD, FRCPC
•	Behavioural Problems in Dementia: Epidemiology and Clinical Course Nicolaas Paul L.G. Verhoeff, MD, PhD, FRCPC
•	Behavioral Problems in Dementia Pharmacologic Treatment Benoit H. Mulsant, MD, MS, FRCPC
•	Depression and Cognition: Reasoning from the Disease Paradigm Marshal Folstein MD
•	How to Prevent Late-life Depression and Dementia Sid Feldman, MD, CCFP, Carol Greenwood, PhD; Lynne Peters, MD, FRCPC
•	Psychotropic Medications in Frail Elders: A New Apprehension of the Risks and Benefits? Monica Lee, MSc, BScPhm, BDes; Paula Rochon, MD, MPH, FRCPC; Beth Sproule, RPh, PharmD; Vincent Woo, MD, FRCPC
•	Bereavement, other stressors, and the role of psychotherapy (Cindy Grief, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Elsa Marziali, MSW, PhD) Psychotherapeutic Groups for Bereaving Older Adult Spouses Generating Practice Evidence in Generating Practice Evidence in Support of Support of Evidence--Based Practice (Elsa Marziali, MSW, PhD)
•	Apathy, Depression, Incipient Dementia? A difficult differential diagnosis Tiffany Chow, MD, FRCPC; David Mamo, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Inquiries can be directed to Paula Ferreira, Baycrest Conference Co-ordinator at (416) 785-2500, ext. 2363 or pferreira@baycrest.org.

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