Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-p9bg8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T05:20:47.520Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Taking a positive psychiatry approach to depression and cognitive decline among older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2022

Emily B. H. Treichler*
Affiliation:
Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Department of Psychiatry and Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Get access

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Commentary
Copyright
© International Psychogeriatric Association 2022

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bartels, S. J. and Pratt, S. (2009). Psychosocial rehabilitation and quality of life for older adults with serious mental illness: recent findings and future research directions. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 22, 381385.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Brookmeyer, R., Gray, S., and Kawas, C. (1998). Projections of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States and the public health impact of delaying disease onset. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 6.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Caselli, R. J., Langlais, B. T., Dueck, A. C. et al. (2018). Personality changes during the transition from cognitive health to mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66, 671678.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chen, S.-C., Moyle, W., Jones, C. et al. (2020). A social robot intervention on depression, loneliness, and quality of life for Taiwanese older adults in long-term care. International Psychogeriatrics, 32, 981991.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Daley, S., Newton, D., Slade, M. et al. (2013). Development of a framework for recovery in older people with mental disorder. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28, 522529.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hanley, A. W., de Vibe, M., Solhaug, I. et al. (2019). Mindfulness training reduces neuroticism over a 6-year longitudinal randomized control trial in Norwegian medical and psychology students. Journal of Research in Personality, 82, 103859.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
John, A., Patel, U., Rusted, J. et al. (2019). Affective problems and decline in cognitive state in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychol Med, 49, 353365.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lam, J., Aftab, A., Lee, E. et al. (2020). Positive psychiatry interventions in geriatric mental health. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 7, 471488.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lee, J. S., Potter, G. G., Wagner, H. R. et al. (2007). Persistent mild cognitive impairment in geriatric depression. International Psychogeriatrics, 19, 125135.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Manning, K. J., Chan, G. and Steffens, D. C. (2017). Neuroticism traits selectively impact long term illness course and cognitive decline in late-life depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25, 220229.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Paredes, A. M., Lee, E. E., Chik, L. et al. (2020). Qualitative study of loneliness in a senior housing community: the importance of wisdom and other coping strategies. Aging & Mental Health, 0, 18.Google Scholar
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Wellenzohn, S. et al. (2014). Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50–79 years: long-term effects of placebo-controlled online interventions on well-being and depression. Aging & Mental Health, 18, 9971005.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Spinhoven, P., Huijbers, M. J., Ormel, J. et al. (2017). Improvement of mindfulness skills during mindfulness-based cognitive therapy predicts long-term reductions of neuroticism in persons with recurrent depression in remission. Journal of Affective Disorders, 213, 112117.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Steffens, D., Manning, K., Wu, R. et al. (2022). Association of one-year change in neuroticism and three- year change in cognitive performance among older depressed adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 34, 645650.Google Scholar
Terracciano, A., Aschwanden, D., Passamonti, L. et al. (2021). Is neuroticism differentially associated with risk of Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 138, 3440.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Treichler, E. B. H., Glorioso, D., Lee, E. E. et al. (2020). A pragmatic trial of a group intervention in senior housing communities to increase resilience. International Psychogeriatrics, 32, 173182.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Treichler, E. B. H., Lee, E. E., Jeste, D. V. (2021). Emerging role for technology in positive psychiatry interventions: importance of convergence medicine in improving mental well-being. In: L. M. Hack, L. M. Williams (Eds.), Convergence Mental Health. Oxford University Press. Available from: https://www.oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780197506271.001.0001/med-9780197506271-chapter-13 Google Scholar
Treichler, E. B. H., Li, F., O’Hare, M. et al. (2019). Psychosocial and functional contributors to personal recovery in serious mental illness. Journal of Mental Health, 28, 427435.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Treichler, E. B. H., Rabin, B. A., Cohen, A. N. et al. (2021). How shared is shared decision making? Reaching the full potential of patient-clinician collaboration in mental health. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 29, 361369.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Whelan, S., Teahan, Á., and Casey, D. (2020), Fostering the resilience of people with dementia: a narrative literature review. Frontiers in Medicine, 7, 45.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed