http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/ en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:38:24 -0600 Wolters Kluwer Health RSS Generator http://images.journals.lww.com/ajgponline/XLargeThumb.00019442-200912000-00000.CV.jpeg http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/ http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/Fulltext/2009/11000/New_Research_on_Aging_Minority_Groups_is_Timely.2.aspx Cañive, José M.; Escobar, Javier I. Editorial 11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM 00019442-200911000-00002 http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/Fulltext/2009/11000/Ethnic_Differences_in_Beliefs_Regarding_Alzheimer.4.aspx Gray, Heather L.; Jimenez, Daniel E.; Cucciare, Michael A.; Tong, Hui-Qi; Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores Regular Research Articles 11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM 00019442-200911000-00004 http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/Fulltext/2009/11000/Smoking_Increases_Risk_for_Cognitive_Decline_Among.5.aspx Collins, Nicole; Sachs-Ericsson, Natalie; Preacher, Kristopher J.; Sheffield, Kristin M.; Markides, Kyriakos Regular Research Articles 11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM 00019442-200911000-00005 http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/Fulltext/2009/11000/Depression_Outcome_Among_a_Biracial_Sample_of.6.aspx Cohen, Carl I.; Goh, Kah Hong; Yaffee, Robert A. Regular Research Articles =8 at baseline. Persons were reassessed on an average of 3 years later. Their mean age was 69 years, 52% were women, and 35% were whites, and 65% were blacks, among whom 71% were African Caribbeans. Using George's Social Antecedent Model of Depression, the authors examined the impact of 13 predictor variables on two outcome measures: presence of either subsyndromal or syndromal depression (CES-D score >=8) and presence of syndromal depression (CES-D score >=16). To control for design effects, the authors used SUDAAN for the data analysis. Results: On follow-up, 82% and 88% of subsyndromally and syndromally depressed persons at baseline, respectively, were depressed (CES-D >=8). In logistic regression, baseline depressive symptoms, baseline anxiety symptoms, greater increase in anxiety symptoms during the follow-up period, and higher locus of control were predictors of any level of depression. These four variables along with greater paranoid ideation and/or psychoses and more reliable social contacts were significant predictors of syndromal depression on follow-up. There were no inter- or intraracial differences in outcome. Conclusion: Depressed community elders in Brooklyn have highly unfavorable outcomes. Preventive strategies that target at-risk persons-i.e., especially those with baseline subsyndromal depression, greater anxiety symptoms, and more paranoid ideation and/or psychoses-may reduce the development of severe or persistent depression. Copyright (C) 2009 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry]]> 11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM 00019442-200911000-00006 http://journals.lww.com/ajgponline/Fulltext/2009/11000/Developing_a_Community_Academic_Partnership_to.7.aspx Dobransky-Fasiska, Deborah; Brown, Charlotte; Pincus, Harold A.; Nowalk, Mary P.; Wieland, Melissa; Parker, Lisa S.; Cruz, Mario; McMurray, Michelle L.; Mulsant, Benoit; Reynolds, Charles F. III; RNDC-Community Partners Regular Research Articles 11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM 00019442-200911000-00007