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Podcast: Helping Older Adults Manage Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias

Jeff talks to Dr. Brent Forester about dementia and other cognitive disorders that are often found in older populations. They discuss the basics of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, how to navigate treatment and support a loved one living with these conditions, and some of the current...

Video: Helping Older Adults Manage Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias

It’s a fact of life that our brains change as we grow older, and as they do, we might notice some subtle differences in the way they work. Aging adults are often increasingly prone to misplacing items or struggling to recall something from the past, for example. These shifts are natural and pose no...

Video: Assessment and Prevention of Suicide in Older Adults

Presented by Yeates Conwell, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center In this talk, Conwell outlines special aspects of suicide in older adults, and the issues that make suicide in this population challenging to address. He provides a framework that conceptualizes the topic and suggests treatment...

Podcast: The Golden Years and Mental Health

Jenn talks to Dr. Ipsit Vahia. Ipsit discusses ways to improve mental health in older populations, conditions to be on the lookout for, and how mental illnesses appear in older adults. He also explains how using technology can improve the mental well-being of aging populations. Ipsit Vahia, MD , is...

Video: The Golden Years & Mental Health

Oftentimes as folks age, physical health concerns tend to overshadow mental health concerns. However, mental illnesses are common in older populations—and several studies have suggested that depression and anxiety are just as common as, if not more than, dementia later in life. Coupled with growing...

Video: Bettina Husebø on Re-Thinking Elderly Care in Norway (TIPS 2019)

Bettina Husebø, MD, PhD, University of Bergen, speaks as part of panel Digital Mental Health and Aging: Emerging Perspectives. These remarks were part of the 2019 Technology in Psychiatry Summit, an event sponsored by the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, which occurred October 28-29...

Video: Roundtable Discussion of Digital Mental Health and Aging (TIPS 2019)

Panel discusses emerging perspectives in digital mental health and aging. With Gary Gottlieb, MD, (Harvard Medical School), Bettina Husebø, MD, PhD, (University of Bergen), Antonia Holway, PhD, (Digital Cognition Technologies), Keith Fargo, PhD, (Alzheimer’s Association) and Stephen Bartels, MD, MS...

Video: Patient Story – Bob

Bob’s complicated story includes multiple diagnoses, including Alzheimer’s disease. Watch Bob and his wife, Donna, navigate this journey with the help of McLean’s Dr. Brent Forester.

Podcast: Let’s Talk About Aging With Dr. Brent Forester

On today’s episode, Trevor shares the new way that he incorporates exercise into his daily routine. Then Dr. Brent Forester, chief of McLean’s Division of Geriatric Psychiatry (15:24), joins us to discuss the need to get people talking about the Alzheimer’s epidemic. He also talks about addressing...

Video: Depression and Suicide in Older Adults – McLean in Mumbai

Speaker: Dr. Jahnavi Kedare In February 2019, McLean Hospital, in collaboration with the N.S. Vahia Foundation, offered a weeklong lecture series hosted at the Nehru Science Center in Mumbai focused on educating the public and professionals about brain and mental health. Learn more: mclean.org...

Video: Cognitive Abilities and Growing Age – McLean in Mumbai

Speaker: Dr. Urvashi Shah In February 2019, McLean Hospital, in collaboration with the N.S. Vahia Foundation, offered a weeklong lecture series hosted at the Nehru Science Center in Mumbai focused on educating the public and professionals about brain and mental health. Learn more: mclean.org/mumbai

Video: Understanding Dementia – McLean in Mumbai

Speaker: Dr. Bharat Shah In February 2019, McLean Hospital, in collaboration with the N.S. Vahia Foundation, offered a weeklong lecture series hosted at the Nehru Science Center in Mumbai focused on educating the public and professionals about brain and mental health. Learn more: mclean.org/mumbai