Wednesday, 20 August 2003: 08:00-17:00
River Exhibition Hall (Sheraton Hotel and Towers)

PC Wednesday Poster Sessions

PC-001 Between Policy and Practice: Physical and Mental Health of the Elderly
Gulzar Ahmad
PC-002 Silent Stroke and Vascular Depression in 16 Elderly People
José Eduardo Martinelli, Ivan Aprahamian, Renata Vasconcellos Regazzini
PC-003 Suicidal ideation, depressive symptoms and depressive disorder in an elderly Japanese population
Shuichi Awata, Toru Seki, Yayoi Koizumi, Soichiro Sato, Hiroo Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Arai, Atsushi Hozawa, Kaori Omori, Shinichi Kuriyama, Ichiro Tsuji
PC-004 Use of a Multi-Symptom Assessment Scale to Detect Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Primary Care Patients
Anjan Bhattacharyya, Angela B. Hoth, Gary E. Rosenthal, Peter J Kaboli
PC-005 Screening for Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Memory Impairment: When to Derive for Extensive Workup? Comparative Data on Spanish Versions of the Memory Impairment Screen (MIS), The Three-Word Memory Test and the MMSE
Peter Böhm, Jordi Peña-Casanova, Rosa Maria Manero, Nina Gramunt, Carmen Terron, Stella Badenas
PC-006 Economic Impact of Rivastigmine Therapy Among Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Medicaid Perspective
Luke Boulanger, Mark Friedman, Sobin Chang, Deirdre Dixon, Joseph Menzin
PC-007 White matter hyperintensities are associated with impairment of memory and attention in older stroke patients
Michael P Bradbury, Sally Stephens, Elise Rowan, Emma J Burton, Raj Kalaria, Rose Anne Kenny, Clive Ballard
PC-008 One-Year Combined (Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Antidepressants) Treatment and non-pharmacological intervention of patients with mild to moderate dementia: assessment of cognitive function changes
Valentin Bragin, Marina Chemodanova, Narmina Dzhafarova, David Reznik, Gary Shereshevsky
PC-009 A Delusional Disorder Case Register Study
Jorge A. Cervilla, Enrique De Portugal
PC-010 Intergenerational Relationship and TV-Violence
Giovanni Cesa-Bianchi, Carlo Cristini
PC-011 The Effectiveness of Support Group Programs on Caregivers' Burden of Patients with Dementia
Kuei-Ru Chou
PC-012 Evaluation of Apathy in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Using the Apathy Inventory
Sandrine Clairet, Michel Benoit, Philippe H. Robert
PC-013 The Hill Interaction Matrix Analysis of a Careigver Support Group of Patients with Dementia
Hsin Chu
PC-014 Elderly Suicide and Psychiatric Services Utilization
George El-Nimr, Emad Salib
PC-015 Seasonality of Birth in Elderly Suicide
George El-Nimr, Noir Thomas, Emad Salib
PC-016 Current Trends on Clinical Evaluation of Alzheimer's Patients in Portugal
Horacio Firmino, Duarte Falcao, Luis Marques, Jose Valente, Pedro Carvalho, Teresa Salgado, L. Cortez Pinto
PC-017 Mental Health Inventory Screening Scores in Elderly Hospitalized Medical and Surgical Patients Enrolled in the UPBEAT Program: Relationship to Psychopathology
Sylvia Chase Gerson, Ritesh Mistry, Roshan Bastani, Fred Blow, Robert Gould, Maria Llorente, Annette Maxwell, Jennifer Moye, Edwin Olson, Robert Rohrbaugh, Joel Rosansky, William Van Stone, Lissy Jarvik
PC-018 UCLA/VA Follow-up Study of Alzheimer Families
Tracy R. Harrison, Nelson B. Freimer, Lori Holt, Scott W. Larson, Steven S. Matsuyama, Natalie Rasgon, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Pauline S. Yaralian, Lissy F. Jarvik
PC-019 Retrospective Cohort Study of Diabetes Mellitus and Antipsychotic Treatment in a Geriatric Population in the United States
Vicki Poole Hoffmann, Peter D. Feldman, Kenneth Hornbuckle, Walter Deberdt, Alan Breier, John S. Kennedy, David Hutchins
PC-020 The Relation of Somatization, Somatosensory Amplification, and Symptom Interpretation: Focus on Elderly Patients
Han-Yongh Jung, Soyoung Irene Lee, Joon Ho Park, Kang-Seob Oh
PC-021 Amlodipine and Oro-Lingual Dyskinesia
Jaehyun Kim, Kwangho Cho
PC-022 Urban/Rural Residence and Late-Life Depression in Korea
Jae-Min Kim, Sang-Hoon Kim, Sang-Hak Park, Hak-Ryul Kim
PC-023 Analysis of Motor Function in Patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia during Double-Blind Treatment of Psychosis with Olanzapine
Bruce J. Kinon, Walter Deberdt, Peter P DeDeyn, Manuel M Carrasco, Claude Jeandel, Donald P. Hay, Peter D. Feldman, Carrie A. Young, Deborah L Lehman, Alan Breier
PC-024 Priority-Setting within Greek Psychogeriatrics
Nicholaos Koutouvidis, Eleni Pertesi
PC-025 Community Study of Geriatric Depression in Istanbul: Prevelance and Sociodemographic Correlates
Isin Baral Kulaksizoglu
PC-026 Abolishing Waiting Lists in an Aged Psychiatry Service
George Kuruvilla
PC-027 The University of Chicago Center for Comprehensive Care and Research of Memory Disorders: A Unique Program with a Unique Patient Population
Amy J. Levin, Gavin W. Hougham, Joseph Shega, Maria T Caserta, Emily J. Jaffe, Greg A. Sachs
PC-028 Relationship Between Affective but Not Cognitive Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Elderly Patients
Marina Martorelli, Giancarlo Savorani
PC-029 The Severe Alzheimer Take Care Unit: A New Kind of Organization in Nursing Homes
Patrick Métais, marie-Pierre Pancrazi
PC-030 Measuring Medical Burden in Older Veterans Enrolled in UPBEAT, a Psychogeriatric Treatment Program: A Pilot Study
Ritesh Mistry, Izabella Gokhman, Roshan Bastani, Robert Gould, Elvira E. Jimenez, Helen Lavretsky, Annette Maxwell, Charles McDermott, Joel Rosansky, William Van Stone, Lissy Jarvik
PC-031 Does Anticholinergic Burden Differ in Elderly Patients with Dementia Receiving Risperidone or Olanzapine?
Benoit Mulsant, Georges Gharabawi, Cynthia Bossie, Lian Mao, Bruce Pollock
PC-032 Dominican Elderly Abuse: Comparative Study 1994/2002
Rose Emily Nina
PC-033 Patient and Caregiver Reports of Medication Adherence
Raymond L Ownby, Lucero Rodriguez, Elizabeth Crocco
PC-034 An Experience of an Educational Group for the Caregivers in the Alzheimer’s Disease
Marie-Pierre Pancrazi, Patrick Métais
PC-035 Semantic Dementia: Neuropsychological and Behavioral Patterns in Relation to Hemispheric Asymmetries
Francesco Panza, Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Alessia D'Introno, Anna Maria Colacicco, Maria Sabba, Alberto Nicoletti, Antonio Capurso
PC-036 High dose rivastigmine (Exelon) for an Alzheimer's disease patient: A case report
Joshua R. Shua-Haim, Mark Pass
PC-037 Safety and efficacy of dronabinol in the treatment of agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease with anorexia: A retrospective chart review
Suhas Patel, Joshua R. Shua-Haim, Mark Pass
PC-038 Ethnic Minority Elders Suffering from Dementia in a Swedish-Speaking Nursing Home in Sweden
Sirpa Pietila
PC-039 Dental Health in Older People with Mental Illness
Nitin Bhalchandra Purandare, Eva Woods, Susan Butler, Alistair Burns, Fraser McCord
PC-040 Operations of an Alzheimer's Special Care Unit in Catalonia (Spain)
Luis Reig, Mercedes Fernandez, Pau Sanchez-Ferrín
PC-041 The Effect of Physical Training upon Mental and Physical Health in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis
Floarea G. Revnic, Cristian Romeo Revnic, Simion Alexandru Revnic
PC-042 The Burden of Informal Caregivers of Demented Patients
C Roldao Vieira, M Paes de Sousa, L Camara Pestana
PC-043 The Elderly's Quality of Life in Institutions
Daniel Santos e Silva
PC-044 Galantamine in the Treatment of Moderate-to-Advanced Alzheimer's Patients: Clinical and Pharmacoeconomic Outcomes in Assisted Living
Joshua R. Shua-Haim, Mark Pass, Sameer Patel, Suhas Patel
PC-045 Informant Reports of Mild Functional Impairment Predicts Dementia in a Population-Based Study of Elderly African Americans
Valerie Smith-Gamble, Olusegun Baiyewu, Kathleen Lane, Siu Hui, Hugh Hendrie
PC-046 A Prospective Study of Patterns of Stroke in Elderly Populations at Desert Area of India
Trilochan Srivastava, DK Kochar, Ashish Joshi
PC-047 Bruxism as Disabling Clinical Feature of Elderly Parkinson’s Disease
Meenal Srivastava, Trilochan Srivastava, Mukesh Ahuja, Achuyt Trivedi
PC-048 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Dementia Patients within the Living Environment Reduces Problematic Behaviors
Bruce Sutor, Glenn E Smith, Angela M Lunde
PC-049 To Assess and Compare the Impact of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms on Distress in Family Caregivers and Professional Caregivers
Lay Ling Tan, Hwee Bee Wong
PC-050 Caregiver Burden in Alzheimer's Disease: Before and After Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Caregivers
Nilufer Gocer, Bilgen Taneli, Yusuf Sivrioglu, Yesim Taneli
PC-051 Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude Regarding Dementia in India
Achyut Trivedi
PC-052 Comparison of Dementia Prevalence in an Urban and a Rural Population in Sweden: Data from the Kungsholmen-Nordanstig Project
Eva I Von Strauss, Gunilla KA Nordberg, Britt-Marie Sjölund, Anders Wimo
PC-053 Cost Per Patient: Achieving Treatment Adequacy with Selected Antidepressants in Older Adults
George J. Wan
PC-054 The Consequences of Non-Cognitive Symptoms of Dementia among Medical Inpatients
Johannes Wancata
PC-055 Economics of Improved Persistence with Initially Prescribed Antipsychotic in Older Adults: Quetiapine Compared with Other Antipsychotics
Richard E. White
PC-056 Donepezil Treatment in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: Caregiver Health Benefits and Associated Reductions in Healthcare Costs
A Wimo, B Winblad, S Shah, A Haglund, R Zhang, W Chin
PC-057 Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Patients with Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type and Vascular Dementia in Japan
Hideyuki Yoshioka, Noriko Hayashi, Kazuhisa Ueyama, Masayuki Yokode, Toru Kita, Toshiaki Kumada

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