2023
Augmented Reality (AR) in Dementia Care: Understanding its Scope and Defining its Potential
Dickinson R, Kimball J, Fahed M, Chang T, Sekhon H, Vahia I. Augmented Reality (AR) in Dementia Care: Understanding its Scope and Defining its Potential. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2023, 31: s132-s133. DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2022.12.183.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderOlder adultsCognitive impairmentSocial cognition trainingExposure-based therapyCognitive behavioral therapyCognition trainingTechnology-based interventionsDaily living supportHyperactivity disorderBehavioral therapyCognitive testingCognitive deficitsAnxiety disordersDelivery of interventionsOlder adult populationImmersive experienceIndependent functioningReminiscence therapyCaregiver distressMental health servicesVisuospatial environmentVirtual reality technologyGeneral geriatric populationVisual manipulation
2022
The neurobiology of apathy in depression and neurocognitive impairment in older adults: a review of epidemiological, clinical, neuropsychological and biological research
Steffens D, Fahed M, Manning K, Wang L. The neurobiology of apathy in depression and neurocognitive impairment in older adults: a review of epidemiological, clinical, neuropsychological and biological research. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 525. PMID: 36572691, PMCID: PMC9792580, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02292-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrefrontal cortex circuitCortex circuitPeripheral biomarkersPresence of apathyNeurobiology of apathyPoor health outcomesDefinitive treatmentFuture studiesApathy symptomsClinical managementNeuropsychiatric comorbiditiesFunctional declineCommon conditionNeurocognitive impairmentCognitive disordersNeuropsychological featuresHealth outcomesCognitive impairmentBrain circuitryNeuropsychiatric disordersPrefrontal cortexOlder adultsClinical realityBiomarker researchImpairment