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Bell IR, Edman JS, Morrow FD, Marby DW, Perrone G, Kayne HL, Greenwald M, Cole JO. Brief Communication: Vitamin B1, B2, and B6 Augmentation of Tricyclic Antidepressant Treatment in Geriatrie Depression with Cognitive Dysfunction. J Am Coll Nutr 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1992.12098238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Iris R. Bell
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Geriatrie Inpatient Service and Affective Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA (I.R.B., J.S.E., D. W.M., M.G., J.O.C.), Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston (F.D.M., G.P.), School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston (H.L.K.)
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Rössler W, Hewer W, Fätkenheuer B, Löffler W. Excess mortality among elderly psychiatric in-patients with organic mental disorder. Br J Psychiatry 1995; 167:527-32. [PMID: 8829724 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.167.4.527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many studies have shown hospitalised mentally ill patients to have a higher mortality risk than the general population. METHOD Data of patients with organic mental disorders of ICD-9 categories 290, 293, 294 and 310 from seven psychiatric hospitals with defined catchment areas were analysed. During an observation period of 2.5 years 1821 treatment periods in these diagnostic categories were recorded. RESULTS During hospitalisation 137 patients died from natural causes. The age- and sex-adjusted mortality rates show an increased mortality risk of 7.5 times, compared to the general population. The odds ratio of a logistic regression demonstrate the overwhelming influence of the medical diagnosis. CONCLUSION Medical factors, including pneumonias, contribute most to the excess mortality.
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- W Rössler
- Mental Health Services Research Unit, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesunndheit, Mannheim, Germany
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Martínez JA, Velasco JJ, Urbistondo MD. Effects of pharmacological therapy on anthropometric and biochemical status of male and female institutionalized psychiatric patients. J Am Coll Nutr 1994; 13:192-7. [PMID: 7911810 DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1994.10718394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The pathophysiological condition and potential drug interactions may influence nutritional status. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine, separately in male and female schizophrenic subjects, the influence of neuroleptic treatment on different indices of nutritional status. DESIGN The survey was conducted at a 750-bed mental hospital in 311 custodial care patients, where anthropometric and hematological estimations were measured. RESULTS In the present study, prevalence of obesity, (assessed by weight-for-height) increased by 10% in males and 18% in females on neuroleptic medication as compared to psychotropic-free schizophrenic subjects. Those taking neuroleptic medication also had larger fat and protein body compartments. Statistical differences between the groups (controls vs neuroleptics) were found for triceps skinfold and arm-muscle circumference as indices of body composition, being more marked in female patients. Neuroleptic administration was associated with changes in iron status, plasma protein, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides in males, while only plasma protein levels were affected in the female schizophrenic group under antipsychotic therapy. CONCLUSION This study provides further evidence of adverse consequences of neuroleptic drugs on anthropometric and biochemical markers of nutritional status, and also shows differences between male and female patients in their response to psychotropic medications.
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- J A Martínez
- Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Bell IR, Edman JS, Morrow FD, Marby DW, Mirages S, Perrone G, Kayne HL, Cole JO. B complex vitamin patterns in geriatric and young adult inpatients with major depression. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991; 39:252-7. [PMID: 2005338 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1991.tb01646.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This study compared the B complex vitamin status at time of admission of 20 geriatric and 16 young adult non-alcoholic inpatients with major depression. Twenty-eight percent of all subjects were deficient in B2 (riboflavin), B6 (pyridoxine), and/or B12 (cobalamin), but none in B1 (thiamine) or folate. The geriatric sample had significantly higher serum folate levels. Psychotic depressives had lower B12 than did non-psychotic depressives. Poorer blood vitamin status was not associated with higher scores on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale or lower scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination in either age group. The data support the hypothesis that poorer status in certain B vitamins is present in major depression, but blood measures may not reflect central nervous system vitamin function or severity of affective syndromes as measured by the assays and scales in the present study.
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- I R Bell
- McLean Hospital Geriatric Service, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts
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Bell IR, Edman JS, Marby DW, Satlin A, Dreier T, Liptzin B, Cole JO. Vitamin B12 and folate status in acute geropsychiatric inpatients: affective and cognitive characteristics of a vitamin nondeficient population. Biol Psychiatry 1990; 27:125-37. [PMID: 2294976 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(90)90642-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This chart review study examined the serum vitamin B12 and folate status of 102 geriatric patients newly admitted to a private psychiatric hospital. Only 3.7% were B12 deficient and 1.3% were folate deficient; 4% were anemic. Nevertheless, those with below-median values of both vitamins had significantly lower Mini-Mental State scores than patients higher in one or both vitamins. Patients with "organic psychosis" with a negative family history for psychiatric disorder had significantly lower B12 levels than those with a positive family history. In major depression, folate levels correlated negatively with age at onset of psychiatric illness and length of hospitalization. These data suggest that (1) biochemically interrelated vitamins such as B12 and folate may exert both a separate and a concomitant influence on affect and cognition; (2) poorer vitamin status may contribute to certain geropsychiatric disorders that begin at a later age and lack a familial predisposition.
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- I R Bell
- McLean Hospital, Geriatric Inpatient Service, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178
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Burns A, Marsh A, Bender DA. Dietary intake and clinical, anthropometric and biochemical indices of malnutrition in elderly demented patients and non-demented subjects. Psychol Med 1989; 19:383-391. [PMID: 2503850 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700012423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Anthropometric and biochemical indices of nutritional status and weighed dietary intake have been studied in hospitalized patients with senile dementia, demented patients living in the community and age-matched control subjects who were not cognitively impaired. Demented patients were lighter than control subjects, and had a lower body mass index, skinfold thickness, mid-arm circumference and arm muscle bulk. The hospitalized patients were more seriously affected than those living in the community, and body weight was significantly negatively correlated with duration of hospitalization. Over a 6-month period the hospitalized patients showed a further weight loss, while those living in the community did not. Both groups of demented patients had higher intakes of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals than the control subjects. The diet of the hospitalized patients was slightly, but not significantly, superior to that of the patients living in the community. Biochemical evidence of specific vitamin inadequacy was equally prevalent in all three groups of subjects, and there were no significant correlations between the degree of cognitive impairment or behavioural disorder and any of the indices of nutritional state. Clinical signs suggestive of malnutrition were not correlated with either biochemical evidence of deficiency or cognitive impairment and behavioural disturbance.
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- A Burns
- Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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