GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

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. What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Is it that they’re clinically depressed or that they’re understandably sad at the situation that they’re in or specific issues? We might say, “Of course you’re sad, you just got a very serious diagnosis.” Or is it that I’m just not screening? Is this a new onset depression? Eric: Yeah.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

So in those cases, can we adopt an approach to mental health care that centers primarily around quality of life of patients and their families? Eric 07:03 Yeah, it’s hard because you can also think about it, let’s say, because we see palliative heart failure clinics. Eric 05:46 So I got a question. Very, very common.

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