Mario Fahed
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2024
Extended Reality and Older Adult Mental Health: A Systematic Review of the Field and Current Applications
Dickinson R, Fahed M, Sekhon H, Faruque S, Kimball J, Gupta S, Handa I, Alkhatib F, Singh A, Vahia I. Extended Reality and Older Adult Mental Health: A Systematic Review of the Field and Current Applications. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024, 32: s130. DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.01.219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOlder adult populationOlder adultsFall riskMental healthAdult populationCare of older adultsFall risk assessmentAdult mental healthEvidence-based applicationsPhysical activitySystematic literature searchCommon barriersHealthcare providersHealthy lifestylePhysical healthClinical careLack of knowledgeSystematic reviewSnowball techniqueLiterature searchPhysiotherapyHealthExclusion criteriaAdultsCareSafety Considerations in the Use of Extended Reality Technologies for Mental Health with Older Adults
Sekhon H, Dickinson R, Kimball J, Cray H, Alkhatib F, Preston A, Moore I, Trueba-Yepez A, Fahed M, Vahia I. Safety Considerations in the Use of Extended Reality Technologies for Mental Health with Older Adults. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024, 32: 648-651. PMID: 38246832, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 researchImpairmentDigital Phenotyping of Behavioral Symptoms as the Next Frontier for Personalized and Proactive Cancer Care.
Fahed M, McManus K, Vahia I, Offodile A. Digital Phenotyping of Behavioral Symptoms as the Next Frontier for Personalized and Proactive Cancer Care. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 2022, 6: e2200095. PMID: 36265113, DOI: 10.1200/cci.22.00095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Longitudinal Neuroimaging Curriculum to Prepare Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine Fellows in the Assessment of Neurocognitive Decline
Khasnavis S, Lane CE, Mecca AP, Fahed M. A Longitudinal Neuroimaging Curriculum to Prepare Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine Fellows in the Assessment of Neurocognitive Decline. Academic Psychiatry 2022, 47: 69-73. PMID: 35608779, PMCID: PMC9128634, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-022-01653-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGamification for Geriatric Mental Health: Level Up or Game Over?
Korolev I, Hsu C, Jain N, Sekhon H, Fahed M, Vahia I. Gamification for Geriatric Mental Health: Level Up or Game Over? American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2022, 30: s101-s102. DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2022.01.235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive abilitiesMental healthGeriatric mental healthOlder AdultsGame-like elementsMental health interventionsNon-game contextsMotivational enhancementHuman supportSub-threshold depressionPrior researchYoung adultsHealthful behaviorsSpecific behaviorsGamification approachGamificationMajority of seniorsNarrative literature reviewCurrent researchAdultsActivation therapyNumber of studiesHealth interventionsResearchHealth
2021
Emergent and Non-Emergent Agitation in the Older Adult: Evaluation and Management
Subramanian S, Fahed M, Dix E, Wilkins K. Emergent and Non-Emergent Agitation in the Older Adult: Evaluation and Management. Current Geriatrics Reports 2021, 10: 73-81. DOI: 10.1007/s13670-021-00358-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCohen-Mansfield Agitation InventoryElectroconvulsive therapyOlder adultsPsychiatric disordersNon-pharmacological managementAlcohol withdrawalDistressing symptomsBenzodiazepine usePharmacological treatmentTreatment optionsExcited catatoniaHeterogenous presentationSuccessful treatmentSignificant disabilitySubstance intoxicationNeuropsychiatric conditionsMotor behaviorCognitive enhancersPolypharmacyAdultsDeliriumPatientsCatatoniaReviewThis paperTreatmentPsychoses of Epilepsy in Pregnancy: A Case Report
Fahed M, Ramanathan S. Psychoses of Epilepsy in Pregnancy: A Case Report. Clinical Psychopharmacology And Neuroscience 2021, 19: 388-390. PMID: 33888667, PMCID: PMC8077056, DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2021.19.2.388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApathy: Neurobiology, Assessment and Treatment
Fahed M, Steffens D. Apathy: Neurobiology, Assessment and Treatment. Clinical Psychopharmacology And Neuroscience 2021, 19: 181-189. PMID: 33888648, PMCID: PMC8077060, DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2021.19.2.181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient's previous levelMajor depressive disorderPrevious levelVascular dementiaCerebrovascular diseaseResistant syndromeDepressive disorderParkinson's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseFrontotemporal dementiaDiseaseNeurobiological underpinningsDementiaApathyDisordersGoal-directed activityQuantitative reductionSyndrome
News
News
- December 08, 2021
Studies by Yale Psychiatry Affiliates, YSM Students Featured in 'Current Geriatrics Reports'
- July 01, 2019
Residents, Fellows, Faculty Honored at 2019 Commencement Ceremony
- March 04, 2019
Almasude Is Member of Winning Team at Yale's HackMentalHealth
- February 14, 2019
Mental health hackathon organized by Yale psychiatry residents, judged by multiple Yale faculty