EDITORIALS:

Charles F. Reynolds III

Advancing Research in Decision-Making Capacity: An Opportunity for Leadership—and an Obligation of Geriatric Psychiatry
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 117. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul S. Appelbaum

Involving Decisionally Impaired Subjects in Research: The Need for Legislation
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 120. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Jason T. Olin, Lon S. Schneider, Ira R. Katz, Barnett S. Meyers, George S. Alexopoulos, John C. Breitner, Martha L. Bruce, Eric D. Caine, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Davangere P. Devanand, K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Jeffrey M. Lyness, Peter V. Rabins, Charles F. Reynolds III, Barry W. Rovner, David C. Steffens, Pierre N. Tariot, and Barry D. Lebowitz

Provisional Diagnostic Criteria for Depression of Alzheimer Disease
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason T. Olin, Ira R. Katz, Barnett S. Meyers, Lon S. Schneider, and Barry D. Lebowitz

Provisional Diagnostic Criteria for Depression of Alzheimer Disease: Rationale and Background
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura B. Dunn, Laurie A. Lindamer, Barton W. Palmer, Shahrokh Golshan, Lawrence J. Schneiderman, and Dilip V. Jeste

Improving Understanding of Research Consent in Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients With Psychotic Disorders
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott Y.H. Kim, Jason H.T. Karlawish, and Eric D. Caine

Current State of Research on Decision-Making Competence of Cognitively Impaired Elderly Persons
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REGULAR RESEARCH ARTICLES:

Elyn R. Saks, Laura B. Dunn, Barbara J. Marshall, Gauri V. Nayak, Shahrokh Golshan, and Dilip V. Jeste

The California Scale of Appreciation: A New Instrument to Measure the Appreciation Component of Capacity to Consent to Research
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tina L. Harralson, Tracela M. White, Alan C. Regenberg, Michael J. Kallan, Tom Ten Have, Patricia A. Parmelee, and Jerry C. Johnson

Similarities and Differences in Depression Among Black and White Nursing Home Residents
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David C. Steffens, Ingrid Svenson, Douglas A. Marchuk, Robert M. Levy, Judith C. Hays, Elizabeth P. Flint, K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, and Ilene C. Siegler

Allelic Differences in the Serotonin Transporter-Linked Polymorphic Region in Geriatric Depression
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janey C. Peterson, Mary E. Charlson, Pamela Williams-Russo, Karl H. Krieger, Paul A. Pirraglia, Barnett S. Meyers, and George S. Alexopoulos

New Postoperative Depressive Symptoms and Long-Term Cardiac Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF REPORTS:

David C. Mamo, Bruce G. Pollock, Benoit Mulsant, Patricia R. Houck, Salem Bensasi, Mark C. Miller, Mark S. Redfern, and Charles F. Reynolds III

Effects of Nortriptyline and Paroxetine on Postural Sway in Depressed Elderly Patients
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barton W. Palmer, Gauri V. Nayak, Laura B. Dunn, Paul S. Appelbaum, and Dilip V. Jeste

Treatment-Related Decision-Making Capacity in Middle-Aged and Older Patients With Psychosis: A Preliminary Study Using the MacCAT-T and HCAT
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH REPORTS:

Maurice Dysken, Michael Kuskowski, Susan Love, and The Ondansetron Study Group

Ondansetron in the Treatment of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Dementia
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Sanford Finkel

The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 216. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark W. Bondi

Debates in Psychology Series: Models of Cognitive Aging: Great Things Come in Small Packages
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 216. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen Blank

Dementia, 2nd Edition
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 217. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Massimo Morlino, Graziella Milan, Silvana De Bonis, and Alfredo Postiglione

A Mother as Caregiver of a Patient With Alzheimer Disease
Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry 2002 10: 220. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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