Members Publications

• O'Regan J, Lanctôt KL, Mazereeuw G, Herrmann N. J Clin Cholinesterase inhibitor discontinuation in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychiatry. 2015 Nov;76(11):e1424-31. doi: 10.4088/JCP.14r09237.

• Du Mont J, Kosa D, Macdonald S, Elliot S, Yaffe M. Determining Possible Professionals and Respective Roles and Responsibilities for a Model Comprehensive Elder Abuse Intervention: A Delphi Consensus Survey.  PLoS One. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0140760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140760. eCollection 2015.
  

• Graff-Guerrero A, Rajji TK, Mulsant BH, Nakajima S, Caravaggio F, Suzuki T, Uchida H, Gerretsen P, Mar W, Pollock BG, Mamo DC. Evaluation of Antipsychotic Dose Reduction in Late-Life Schizophrenia: A Prospective Dopamine D2/3 Receptor Occupancy Study.  JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Sep;72(9):927-34. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0891.

• Cossette S, Vadeboncoeur A, Frasure-Smith N, McCusker J, Perreault D, Guertin MC. Randomized controlled trial of a nursing intervention to reduce emergency department revisits.  CJEM. 2015 Jan;17(1):13-20. doi: 10.2310/8000.2013.131291. PMID: 25781379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Bingham KS, Whyte EM, Meyers BS, Mulsant BH, Rothschild AJ, Banerjee S, Flint AJ; STOP-PD Study Group. Relationship Between Cerebrovascular Risk, Cognition, and Treatment Outcome in Late-Life Psychotic Depression.  Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Aug 20. pii: S1064-7481(15)00231-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.08.002. [Epub ahead of print]

• Cole MG, Bailey R, Bonnycastle M, McCusker J, Fung S, Ciampi A, Belzile E, Bai C. Partial and No Recovery from Delirium in Older Hospitalized Adults: Frequency and Baseline Risk Factors. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Oct 30. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13791. [Epub ahead of print]

• Chau S, Herrmann N, Ruthirakuhan MT, Chen JJ, Lanctôt KL. Latrepirdine for Alzheimer's disease.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Apr 21;4:CD009524. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009524.pub2. Review.

• Tsoutsoulas C, Mulsant BH, Kalache SM, Kumar S, Ghazala Z, Voineskos AN, Butters MA, Menon M, Rajji TK. The influence of medical burden severity and cognition on functional competence in older community-dwelling individuals with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2015 Dec 24. pii: S0920-9964(15)30082-7. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.12.009. [Epub ahead of print]

• Fischer CE, Qian W, Schweizer TA, Millikin CP, Ismail Z, Smith EE, Lix LM, Shelton P, Munoz DG. Lewy Bodies, Vascular Risk Factors, and Subcortical Arteriosclerotic Leukoencephalopathy, but not Alzheimer Pathology, are Associated with Development of Psychosis in Alzheimer's Disease.  J Alzheimers Dis. 2015 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print]

• McCusker J, Cole MG, Yaffe M, Strumpf E, Sewitch M, Sussman T, Ciampi A, Lavoie K, Platt RW, Belzile E. A randomized trial of a depression self-care toolkit with or without lay telephone coaching for primary care patients with chronic physical conditions. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2015 May-Jun;37(3):257-65. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.03.007. Epub 2015 Mar 18.

• Du Mont J, Macdonald S, Kosa D, Elliot S, Spencer C, Yaffe M. Development of a comprehensive hospital-based elder abuse intervention: an initial systematic scoping review.  PLoS One. 2015 May 4;10(5):e0125105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125105. eCollection 2015.

• Gerretsen P, Flint AJ, Whyte EM, Rothschild AJ, Meyers BS, Mulsant BH. Impaired insight into delusions predicts treatment outcome during a randomized controlled trial for Psychotic Depression (STOP-PD study). J Clin Psychiatry. 2015 Apr;76(4):427-33. doi: 10.4088/JCP.14m09003.

• Chau S, Herrmann N, Ruthirakuhan MT, Chen JJ, Lanctôt KL. Latrepirdine for Alzheimer's disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Apr 21;4:CD009524. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009524.pub2.

• Voyer P, Champoux N, Desrosiers J, Landreville P, McCusker J, Monette J, Savoie M, Richard S, Carmichael PH. Recognizing acute delirium as part of your routine [RADAR]: a validation study.  BMC Nurs. 2015 Apr 1;14:19. doi: 10.1186/s12912-015-0070-1. eCollection 2015.
  

• Fischer CE, Ting WK, Millikin CP, Ismail Z, Schweizer TA; Gray matter atrophy in patients with mild cognitive impairment/Alzheimer's disease over the course of developing delusions. Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 27. doi: 10.1002/gps.4291. [Epub ahead of print]

• Nakajima S, Caravaggio F, Mamo DC, Mulsant BH, Chung JK, Plitman E, Iwata Y, Gerretsen P, Uchida H, Suzuki T, Mar W, Wilson AA, Houle S, Graff-Guerrero A. Dopamine D2/3 receptor availability in the striatum of antipsychotic-free older patients with schizophrenia-A [(11)C]-raclopride PET study.  Schizophr Res. 2015 May;164(1-3):263-7. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.02.020. Epub 2015 Mar 8.
  

• Anxiety symptoms in amnestic mild cognitive impairment are associated with medial temporal atrophy and predict conversion to Alzheimer disease.  Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 May;23(5):466-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Oct 29.
  

March 2015

• McCusker J, Cole MG, Voyer P, Monette J, Champoux N, Ciampi A, Vu M, Belzile E. Six-month outcomes of co-occurring delirium, depression, and dementia in long-term care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Dec;62(12):2296-302. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13159. Epub 2014 Dec 8.

• Kalache SM, Mulsant BH, Davies SJ, Liu AY, Voineskos AN, Butters MA, Miranda D, Menon M, Kern RS, Rajji TK. The impact of aging, cognition, and symptoms on functional competence in individuals with schizophrenia across the lifespan. Schizophr Bull. 2015 Mar;41(2):374-81. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbu114. Epub 2014 Aug 6.

• Maxwell CJ, Stock K, Seitz D, Herrmann N. Persistence and adherence with dementia pharmacotherapy: relevance of patient, provider, and system factors. Can J Psychiatry. 2014 Dec;59(12):624-31. Review.

• Chiu M, Pauley T, Wesson V, Pushpakumar D, Sadavoy J. Evaluation of a problem-solving (PS) techniques-based intervention for informal carers of patients with dementia receiving in-home care. Int Psychogeriatr. 2015 Jan 23:1-12. [Epub ahead of print]

• Kirkham J, Seitz D.New use of antipsychotics associated with a small increased risk of acute kidney injury in older adults with mental disorders. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 Mar 5. pii: ebmental-2014-101979. doi: 10.1136/eb-2014-101979. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.

• Suridjan I, Pollock BG, Verhoeff NP, Voineskos AN, Chow T, Rusjan PM, Lobaugh NJ, Houle S, Mulsant BH, Mizrahi R. In-vivo imaging of grey and white matter neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: a positron emission tomography study with a novel radioligand, [₁₈F]-FEPPA. Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Feb 24. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.1. [Epub ahead of print]

• Iaboni A, Banez C, Lam R, Jones SA, Maki BE, Liu BA, Flint AJ. Depression and Outcome of Fear of Falling in a Falls Prevention Program. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Feb 16. pii: S1064-7481(15)00087-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.02.006. [Epub ahead of print]

• Bakker N, Shahab S, Giacobbe P, Blumberger DM, Daskalakis ZJ, Kennedy SH, Downar J. rTMS of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex for major depression: safety, tolerability, effectiveness, and outcome predictors for 10 Hz versus intermittent theta-burst stimulation. Brain Stimul. 2015 Mar-Apr;8(2):208-15. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.11.002. Epub 2014 Nov 6.

• Rej S, Elie D, Mucsi I, Looper KJ, Segal M. Chronic kidney disease in lithium-treated older adults: a review of epidemiology, mechanisms, and implications for the treatment of late-life mood disorders. Drugs Aging. 2015 Jan;32(1):31-42. doi: 10.1007/s40266-014-0234-9.

• Ting WK, Fischer CE, Millikin CP, Ismail Z, Chow TW, Schweizer TA. Grey Matter Atrophy in Mild Cognitive Impairment / Early Alzheimer Disease Associated with Delusions: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2015 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print]

• Mah L, Binns MA, Steffens DC. Anxiety Symptoms in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Are Associated with Medial Temporal Atrophy and Predict Conversion to Alzheimer Disease. Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Oct 29. pii: S1064-7481(14)00306-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.10.005. [Epub ahead of print]

• Rapoport MJ, Weegar K, Kadulina Y, Bédard M, Carr D, Charlton JL, Dow J, Gillespie IA, Hawley CA, Koppel S, McCullagh S, Molnar F, Murie-Fernández M, Naglie G, O'Neill D, Shortt S, Simpson C, Tuokko HA, Vrkljan BH, Marshall S. An international study of the quality of national-level guidelines on driving with medical illness. QJM. 2015 Feb 5. pii: hcv038. [Epub ahead of print]

• Nazeri A, Chakravarty MM, Rotenberg DJ, Rajji TK, Rathi Y, Michailovich OV, Voineskos AN. Functional Consequences of Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density in Humans across the Adult Lifespan. J Neurosci. 2015 Jan 28;35(4):1753-62. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3979-14.2015.

• Cole MG, McCusker J, Yaffe M, Strumpf E, Sewitch M, Sussman T, Ciampi A, Belzile E.Supported depression self-care may prevent major depression in community-dwelling older adults with chronic physical conditions and co-morbid depressive symptoms. Int Psychogeriatr. 2015 Feb 20:1-2. [Epub ahead of print] 

January 2015

• Mulsant BH, Blumberger DM, Ismail Z, Rabheru K, Rapoport MJ. A systematic approach to pharmacotherapy for geriatric major depression. Clin Geriatr Med. 2014 Aug;30(3):517-34

• Mazereeuw G, Herrmann N, Xu H, Figeys D, Oh PI, A L Bennett S, Lanctôt KL.Platelet-activating factors are associated with cognitive deficits in depressed coronary artery disease patients: a hypothesis-generating study. J Neuroinflammation. 2014 Jul 4;11:119.

• Heisel MJ, Talbot NL, King DA, Tu XM, Duberstein PR. Adapting interpersonal psychotherapy for older adults at risk for suicide. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Jan;23(1):87-98.

• Iaboni A, Seitz DP, Fischer HD, Diong CC, Rochon PA, Flint AJ. Initiation of Antidepressant Medication After Hip Fracture in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Oct 16. [epub]

• Kashyap M, Mulsant BH, Tannenbaum C. Small Longitudinal Study of Serum Anticholinergic Activity and Cognitive Change in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 28 [epub]

• Kalache SM, Mulsant BH, Davies SJ, Liu AY, Voineskos AN, Butters MA, Miranda D, Menon M, Kern RS, Rajji T. The Impact of Aging, Cognition, and Symptoms on Functional Competence in Individuals With Schizophrenia Across the Lifespan. Schizophr Bull. 2014 Aug 6 [epub]

• Rej S, Laliberte V, Rapoport J, Seitz D, Andrew M, Davidson M. What Makes Residents Interested in Geriatric Psychiatry? A Pan-Canadian Online Survey of Psychiatry Residents. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Online September 2014. 

• Ismail Z, Arenovich T, Granger R, Grieve C, Willett P, Patten S, Benoit M. Associations of medical comorbidity, psychosis, pain, and capacity with psychiatric hospital length of stay in geriatric inpatients with and without dementia.
  

• Rej S, Weixi B, Looper K, Segal S. Renal function in geriatric psychiatry patients compared to non-psychiatric older adults: effects of lithium use and other factors. Aging and Mental Health. 2014; 18(7):847-53 

• Bosma M, Cassidy K-L, LeClair JK, Helsdingen S, Devichand P. A Knowledge Transfer Study of the Utility of the Nova Scotia Seniors' Mental Health Network in Implementing Seniors' Mental Health National Guidelines. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2011. 14(1).
• Cassidy K-L, Rector N. The Silent Geriatric Giant: Anxiety Disorders in Late Life. Geriatrics and Aging. 2008. 11(3):150-6.
• Culo S, Mulsant B H, Rosen J, Mazumdar S, Blakesley, Richard E, Houck P R, Pollock B G. Treating Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia With Lewy Bodies: A Randomized Controlled-trial. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. October-December 201024(4):360-364. 

• Ursuliak Z, Cassidy K-L, D. Burke and G. Eskes. An Observational Study of the Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Late Life Depressive and Anxiety Disorders. The Canadian Journal of Geriatrics. 2008. B(2): 88-93.