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The story of pain in people with dementia: a rationale for digital measures Open

Monica Pătraşcu, Line Iden Berge, Ipsit V. Vahia, Brice Marty, Wilco P. Achterberg , et al. · 2025

Burden and care time for dementia caregivers in the [email protected] trial Open

Line Iden Berge, Renira C. Angeles, Marie H. Gedde, Stein Erik Fæø, Janne Mannseth , et al. · 2025

INTRODUCTION We investigated the effectiveness of the multicomponent learning, innovation, volunteer support, empowerment (LIVE) intervention on caregiver burden and care time in dyads of home‐dwelling people with dementia and caregivers. …

Precision Phenotyping of Mild Behavioral Impairment and the Early Detection of Dementia Open

Ipsit V. Vahia · 2024

There is growing recognition of the importance of changes in behavior as an early clinical marker of the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Behavior symptoms may precede the onset of cognitive symptoms by as many as three years. However, these …

Precision Phenotyping of Mild Behavioral Impairment and the Early Detection of Dementia Open

Ipsit V. Vahia · 2024

There is growing recognition of the importance of changes in behavior as an early clinical marker of the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Behavior symptoms may precede the onset of cognitive symptoms by as many as three years. However, these …

Adapting Virtual Reality‐Based Mental Health Interventions for Equitable Global Use: Proof of Concept Open

Ana F. Trueba, Cristina Crespo‐Andrade, María Sol Garcés, Camila Alejandra Merino Larrea, Nicolás A. Alvarez-Frank , et al. · 2024

Table of Contents Open

Trinity Hoskins, Alexis Smith, Xi A. McWilliams, Lewis M. Cox, Rebecca Morgan , et al. · 2024

Deep Learning and Geriatric Mental Health Open

Howard Aizenstein, Raeanne C. Moore, Ipsit V. Vahia, Adam Ciarleglio · 2023

S11: Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Psychogeriatrics: Opening Multiple Frontiers Open

Ipsit V. Vahia, Ana F. Trueba, Kreshnik Hoti, Bettina S. Husebø · 2023

Symposium Overview Overall Abstract: The past decade has seen an explosion in the growth of technologies in mental health. Particularly, the scaled adoption of virtual care catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new frontiers in …

S10: Needs assessment, the basic too for psychogeriatric care Open

Ipsit V. Vahia, Ana F. Trueba, Kreshnik Hoti, Bettina S. Husebø · 2023

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FC46: The effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention on caregiver burden and informal care time in home-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers. Results from the stepped wedge randomized controlled [email protected] tria Open

LI Berge, RA Angeles, Heather Allore, Maarja Vislapuu, MH Gedde , et al. · 2023

Background: Deinstitutionalization of nursing care in European counties relies profoundly on the mobilization of the caregivers and municipal homecare services. Yet, caring for home-dwelling people with dementia (PwD) can be stressful and …

Implementing Affordable Virtual Reality Interventions for Older Adults in Latin America: A Feasibility Study Open

Ana F. Trueba, Cristina Crespo‐Andrade, Camila A. Merino, Nicolas Agustin Alvarez Frank, María Sol Garcés , et al. · 2023

Introduction: Virtual Reality (VR)-based meditation has shown to help reduce, stress, anxiety, sadness, and anger in younger adults. However, this has not been extensively studied in older adults. Furthermore, there are no standard guideli…

Digital Collateral Information Through Electronic and Social Media in Psychotherapy: Comparing Clinician-reported Trends Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open

Ipsit V. Vahia, Rachel N. Sava, Hailey V. Cray, Heejung J. Kim, Rebecca A. Dickinson , et al. · 2023

Background: Patient clinical collateral information is critical for providing psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care. With the shift to primarily virtual care triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, psychotherapists may have received less clin…

As a new challenger approaches, how will modern psychiatry cope with ’shifting realities’? Open

John F. O'Neill, Bahareh Nakisa, Harris A. Eyre, Ipsit V. Vahia, Stephen M. Schueller , et al. · 2023

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Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial Open

Karin Cinalioglu, Paola Lavín, Magnus Bein, Myriam Lesage, Johanna Gruber , et al. · 2023

Background Virtual reality (VR) based meditation has been shown to help increase relaxation and decrease anxiety and depression in younger adults. However, this has not been studied in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) in the older adult …

Technology-guided assessment of vocalisations and their diagnostic value as pain indicators for people living with dementia Open

Kreshnik Hoti, Mustafa Atee, Paola Chivers, Ipsit V. Vahia, Jeff Hughes · 2023

Background during pain assessment in persons unable to self-report, such as people living with dementia, vocalisations are commonly used as pain indicators. However, there is a lack of evidence from clinical practice regarding their diagno…

Returning Individual Research Results from Digital Phenotyping in Psychiatry Open

Francis X. Shen, Matthew L. Baum, Nicole Martinez‐Martin, Adam S. Miner, Melissa Abraham , et al. · 2023

Psychiatry is rapidly adopting digital phenotyping and artificial intelligence/machine learning tools to study mental illness based on tracking participants' locations, online activity, phone and text message usage, heart rate, sleep, phys…

Emerging and Evolving Applications of Telemedicine for older adults: A Scoping Review Open

Anderson Chen, Lauren Chen, Katherine Cheston, Kaya Zamil, Tiffany Chang , et al. · 2023

Is Alzheimer’s disease a single illness or multiple illnesses? Open

Hayley Paret, Ipsit V. Vahia · 2023

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Digital Markers of Mental Health Problems: Phenotyping Across Biological, Psychological, and Environmental Dimensions Open

Katie Bodenstein, Vincent Paquin, Kerman Sekhon, Myriam Lesage, Karin Cinalioglu , et al. · 2023

Digital markers of mental health problems have gained attention in research as a result of the growing accessibility and data-generating capabilities of portable digital devices. Through sensors (e.g., geolocating system) and human-device …

Unremitting Suicidality in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Single Case Study and Discussion of Technology in Clinical Care Open

Lois W. Choi‐Kain, Grace E. Murray, Mark J. Goldblatt, Chelsey R. Wilks, Ipsit V. Vahia , et al. · 2022

CASE HISTORY AND TREATMENT This report presents the case of a young woman, "Jane." The case is followed by commentary from three experts in suicidal or self-destructive behavior and the use of technology in clinical care. Jane is a college…

Isolating together during COVID-19: Results from the Telehealth Intervention Program for older adults Open

Harmehr Sekhon, Paola Lavín, Blanca Vacaflor, Christina Rigas, Karin Cinalioglu , et al. · 2022

Background A pressing challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond is to provide accessible and scalable mental health support to isolated older adults in the community. The Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults (TIP-OA) is…

Developing a New Suicide Risk Assessment for Virtual Encounters with Non-Clinicians Open

Kaitlin R. McManus, Hailey V. Cray, Courtney Hsu, Emma Longsjo, Regan Patrick , et al. · 2022

Editorial: Artificial Intelligence in Geriatric Mental Health Research and Clinical Care Open

Helmet T. Karim, Ipsit V. Vahia, Andrea Iaboni, Ellen Lee · 2022

EDITORIAL article Front. Psychiatry, 01 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.859175

Two Years of COVID-19: Understanding Impact and Implications for the Mental Health of Older Adults Open

Hailey V. Cray, Ipsit V. Vahia · 2022

Are Mobile Apps in Geriatric Mental Health Worth the Effort? Open

Ipsit V. Vahia, Rebecca A. Dickinson, Ana F. Trueba · 2022

Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on behavioural and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: a prospective cohort study (PAN.DEM). Open

Marie H. Gedde, Bettina S. Husebø, Ipsit V. Vahia, Janne Mannseth, Maarja Vislapuu , et al. · 2022

NCT04043364; Results.

Affective Computing for Late-Life Mood and Cognitive Disorders Open

Erin Smith, Eric A. Storch, Ipsit V. Vahia, Stephen Wong, Helen Lavretsky , et al. · 2021

Affective computing (also referred to as artificial emotion intelligence or emotion AI) is the study and development of systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate emotion or other affective phenomena. With the…

A Systematic Review of Telemedicine for Older Adults With Dementia During COVID-19: An Alternative to In-person Health Services? Open

Sasha Elbaz, Karin Cinalioglu, Kerman Sekhon, Johanna Gruber, Christina Rigas , et al. · 2021

Introduction: Older adults with dementia have been significantly at more risk for not receiving the care needed and for developing further mental health problems during COVID-19. Although the rise in telemedicine adoption in the healthcare…

Contactless In-Home Monitoring of the Long-Term Respiratory and Behavioral Phenotypes in Older Adults With COVID-19: A Case Series Open

Guo Zhang, Ipsit V. Vahia, Yingcheng Liu, Yuzhe Yang, Rose May , et al. · 2021

Currently, there is a limited understanding of long-term outcomes of COVID-19, and a need for in-home measurements of patients through the whole course of their disease. We study a novel approach for monitoring the long-term trajectories o…

100 - Artificial Intelligence in Geriatric Mental Health: Recent Advances in Clinical Research Open

Ellen Lee, Helmet T. Karim, Ipsit V. Vahia, Andrea Iaboni · 2021

Synopsis With the rise of wearable sensors, advancement in comprehensible artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and growing acceptance of AI in medicine, AI has great potential to more reliably diagnose, prognose, and treat mental illne…

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