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121 University Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-624-6172
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Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research for the Study of Late-Life Mood Disorders (ACISR-LLMD) |
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Principal Investigator: |
Charles F. Reynolds III, MD, Center Director
Mary Amanda Dew, PhD
Benoit H. Mulsant, MD
Richard Schulz, Gerontology, UCSUR
Bruce G. Pollock, MD, PhD |
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Funder: |
National Institute of Mental Health |
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Period: |
April 2005 to April 2010 |
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Overview: |
The goal of the ACISR/LLMD is to provide a research infrastructure to promote investigations that ultimately will improve real world practice in the care of elderly living with depression and other severe mood disorders. We propose to focus on 1) prevention and rehabilitation: e.g., the prevention of depression in elderly at high risk, such as those who have suffered strokes; the prevention of suicide in elderly with depression; the prevention or delay of cognitive impairment in depressed elderly; and the rehabilitation of medically frail elderly with depressive illness, such as those with MI or hip fracture; 2) improving treatment of difficult to treat late life mood disorders and providing assistance to families, e.g., those who fail to respond to first line pharmacotherapy, and those living with psychotic depression or with bipolar disorders; and 3) identifying and removing barriers to effective treatment practices in the community, especially in older primary care African Americans, in the nursing home, and in the rehabilitation setting. Fundamental to all these themes is alliance building with patients, families, health care providers, and a range of community partners in primary care, long term care, and rehabilitation settings- all towards the objective of improving adherence with best treatment practices. Together with our primary community partners--the Coordinated Care Network, Community Medicine Incorporated, and the Mental Health Association of Allegheny County--we have formed the Pittsburgh Late-Life Mood Disorders Treatment Research Collaborative Network. Our research partners in the community will guide and shape our research agenda and activities, allowing our work to have a major impact on the care of older persons living with mood disorders and related conditions.
Link: http://www.latelifedepression.org |
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