Register Now: IPA Journal Club: Anxiety in Late-Life Depression, April 17th!

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"Anxiety in late-life depression: Associations with brain volume, amyloid beta, white matter lesions, cognition, and functional ability"

 [  April 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM CT ]

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Dr. Maria Kryza-Lacombe is a postdoctoral fellow in Neuropsychology/Geropsychology at the Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC) Advanced Fellowship program at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, and is affiliated with the Late Life Depression Program at UC San Francisco. She completed her PhD at the San Diego State University/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Neuropsychology, and her Neuropsychology internship at the San Francisco VA. Her research focuses on the intersection of mental and cognitive health and has been informed by perspectives from neuroscience, neuropsychology, and mental health with a strong focus on clinical translation. She examines the neural and neuropsychological mechanisms underlying emotional and cognitive dysfunction and resilience in older adults and how these mechanisms can be leveraged to inform cognitive and behavioral prevention and intervention efforts to optimize wellbeing and vitality during aging.

Objectives:
1. To appreciate the relationship between anxiety comorbidity in late-life depression and neurobiological factors.
2. To understand how anxiety in late-life depression relates to cognition and functional ability.
3. To evaluate potential implications for managing comorbid anxiety and depression in older adults.

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JOURNAL CLUB ORGANIZER:

Robert Madan MD FRCPC Baycrest, Toronto IPA Products & Services Committee Canada

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Up Coming International Learning Opportunities:

Please join us Friday April 11 at 8 am Eastern Time for the next International Geriatric Mental Health Education Network Virtual Rounds:  Late Onset Psychosis: Bridging the Gap Between Psychiatric Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Presenter:
Dr. Manabu Ikeda
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
Osaka University School of Medicine
Osaka, Japan

Learning Objectives:
1. Review the history and concept of late onset psychosis.
2. Discuss psychosis in the prodromal stage of dementia.
3. Review interventions for older adults with psychosis.

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