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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

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Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. I think she’s the creator of the mini cog. Is that right, Soo?

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

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Elissa: Well, I don’t know what you’re doing in your practice, but I think you just touched on a lot of the trickiness around mental health assessment at end of life or in the context of serious illness. We might say, “Of course you’re sad, you just got a very serious diagnosis.”