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Virtual psychiatric care for older adults in the age of COVID‐19: Challenges and opportunities by Danilewitz, Marlon, Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Bahji, Anees, Chan, Peter, Rabheru, Kiran

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Effects of Ketamine Anesthesia on Efficacy, Tolerability, Seizure Response, and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Comprehensive Meta-analysis of Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trials by Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Sepehry, Amir A., Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

“…ABSTRACTElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains the most effective treatment for major depressive disorder. Ketamine is an anesthetic gaining attention for its…”
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A randomized sham controlled comparison of once vs twice-daily intermittent theta burst stimulation in depression: A Canadian rTMS treatment and biomarker network in depression (CARTBIND) study by Blumberger, Daniel M., Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel, Wang, Wei, Knyahnytska, Yuliya, Butterfield, Michael, Noda, Yoshihiro, Yariv, Shahak, Isserles, Moshe, Voineskos, Daphne, Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Kennedy, Sidney H., Lam, Raymond W., Daskalakis, Zafiris J., Downar, Jonathan

“…Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a newer form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for patients with treatment resistant…”
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Cognitive Outcomes After Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy for Late-Life Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ainsworth, Nicholas J, Marawi, Tulip, Maslej, Marta M, Blumberger, Daniel M, McAndrews, Mary Pat, Perivolaris, Argyrios, Pollock, Bruce G, Rajji, Tarek K, Mulsant, Benoit H

“…The authors evaluated whether treatment of late-life depression (LLD) with antidepressants leads to changes in cognitive function. A systematic review and…”
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Recruiting for a Randomized Clinical Trial for Late-Life Depression During COVID-19: Outcomes of Provider Referrals Versus Facebook Self-Referrals by Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Wright, Hailey, Tereshchenko, Ksenya, Blumberger, Daniel M., Flint, Alastair J., Lenze, Eric J., Perivolaris, Athina, Mulsant, Benoit H.

“…•What is the primary question addressed in this study?This study evaluated online recruitment as a strategy to increase enrollment in a clinical trial for…”
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Brain-cognition relationships in late-life depression: a systematic review of structural magnetic resonance imaging studies by Marawi, Tulip, Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Zhukovsky, Peter, Rashidi-Ranjbar, Neda, Rajji, Tarek K., Tartaglia, Maria Carmela, Voineskos, Aristotle N., Mulsant, Benoit H.

“…Background Most patients with late-life depression (LLD) have cognitive impairment, and at least one-third meet diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive…”
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From Challenge to Opportunity: COVID-19 and the Evolution of Virtual Mental Health Care by Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Husain, M. Ishrat, Mulsant, Benoit H.

“…The transition to virtual care (telehealth) during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to both challenges and opportunities in delivering effective mental health…”
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Psychiatric, Motor, and Autonomic Effects of Bifrontal ECT in Depressed Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Rodin, Isaac, Sung, Je Hun, Appel-Cresswell, Silke, Chauhan, Harpreet, Smith, Kevin, Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel, Ainsworth, Nicholas J

“…Objective: Depressive symptoms are a source of significant morbidity in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a promising treatment for…”
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The Cognitive Profile of Older Adults With Treatment-Resistant Depression: An Analysis of the OPTIMUM Randomized Controlled Trial by Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Oughli, Hanadi, Lavretsky, Helen, Blumberger, Daniel M., Brown, Patrick J., Butters, Meryl A., Karp, Jordan F., Lenard, Emily, Lenze, Eric J., McAndrews, Mary Pat, Miller, J. Philip, Pollock, Bruce G., Reynolds, Charles F., Mulsant, Benoit H.

“…•What is the primary question addressed by this study?What is the impact of treatment-resistant late-life depression (TR-LLD) on cognitive function?•What is…”
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Relationship between Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total scores in older adults with major depressive disorder: An analysis of the OPTIMUM clinical trial by Kim, Helena K., Lenze, Eric J., Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Blumberger, Daniel M., Brown, Patrick J., Flint, Alastair J., Karp, Jordan F., Lavretsky, Helen, Lenard, Emily, Miller, J. Philip, Reynolds, Charles F., Roose, Steven P., Mulsant, Benoit H.

“…The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) are commonly used scales to measure depression severity in older…”
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High-Dose Fluvoxamine Augmentation to Clozapine in Treatment-Resistant Psychosis by Leising, Julie, Barr, Alasdair M., Procyshyn, Ric M., Ainsworth, Nicholas J., White, Randall F., Honer, William, Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

“…Although clozapine is the gold standard for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, more than 30% of patients remain unresponsive to clozapine monotherapy and may…”
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Impact of medications, mood state, and electrode placement on ECT outcomes in treatment-refractory psychosis by Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Avina-Galindo, A. Michelle, White, Randall F., Zhan, Denghuang, Gregory, Elizabeth C., Honer, William G., Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

“…Treatment-refractory psychosis (TRP) is a significant clinical challenge. While clozapine is frequently effective, alternate or augmentation strategies are…”
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Placebo Effect in Randomized Trials of Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features: A Systematic Review and Descriptive Meta-Analysis by Perivolaris, Argyrios, Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Alexopoulos, George S., Bingham, Kathleen S., Flint, Alastair J., Marino, Patricia, Neufeld, Nicholas H., Rothschild, Anthony J., Voineskos, Aristotle N., Whyte, Ellen M., Mulsant, Benoit H.

“…Abstract Background In the 1980s, the response rate of major depressive disorder with psychotic features (MDD-Psy) to placebo pills was reported to be close to…”
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A patient-oriented analysis of pain side effect: A step to improve the patient's experience during rTMS? by Humaira, Afifa, Gao, Sihaoyu, Gregory, Elizabeth, Ridgway, Lisa, Blumberger, Daniel M., Downar, Jonathan, Daskalakis, Zafiris J., Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Wu, Lang, Butterfield, Michael, Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

“…Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an efficacious and well-tolerated intervention for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). A novel rTMS…”
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Recruiting for a randomized clinical trial for late-life depression during COVID-19: outcomes of provider referrals vs. Facebook self-referrals by Ainsworth, Nicholas, Tereschenko, Ksenya, Blumberger, Daniel, Flint, Alastair, Lenze, Eric, Mulsant, Benoit

“…The COVID-19 pandemic caused major impediments to the conduct of clinical research. Online recruitment, a growing area of interest even before COVID-19, may…”
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Towards Competency-Based Medical Education in Neurostimulation by Danilewitz, Marlon, Ainsworth, Nicholas James, Liu, Cindy, Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

“…Defined by the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) as “a unit of professional practice that can be fully entrusted to a trainee, as soon as he…”
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Informed consent failures: National Health Service Resolution data by Ainsworth, Nicholas, Hussain, Mohammad Iqbal, Houten, Rachel, Martin, Antony P, Toh, Simon, Rao, Christopher, St John, Edward Robert

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Changes in cognitive function following antidepressant treatment for late-life depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ainsworth, Nicholas, Marawi, Tulip, Maslej, Marta, Perivolaris, Argyrios, Blumberger, Daniel, McAndrews, Mary Pat, Pollock, Bruce, Mulsant, Benoit

“…Late-life depression (LLD) is commonly associated with cognitive deficits. It has been proposed that some of these cognitive deficits are a core part of the…”
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Brain-cognition relationships in late-life depression: a systematic review of magnetic resonance imaging studies by Marawi, Tulip, Ainsworth, Nicholas J., Zhukovsky, Peter, Rashidi-Ranjbar, Neda, Rajji, Tarek, Tartaglia, Maria Carmela, Voineskos, Aristotle, Mulsant, Benoit H.

“…Most patients with late-life depression (LLD) have some cognitive impairment, and at least one-third of them meet diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive…”
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Magnetic seizure therapy is associated with functional and structural brain changes in MDD: Therapeutic versus side effect correlates by Ge, Ruiyang, Gregory, Elizabeth, Wang, Jian, Ainsworth, Nicholas, Jian, Wei, Yang, Chunlin, Wang, Gang, Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

“…Magnetic Seizure therapy (MST) is an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) but its mechanism of action is not fully understood. The present…”
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