OBJECTIVE To describe how criteria for amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) have been operationalised in randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs). DESIGN Systematic review. INFORMATION SOURCES EMBASE, PubMed and PSYCHInfo were searched from their inception to February 2012. Electronic clinical trial registries were also searched (February 2012). STUDY SELECTION RCTs were included...

A common complaint of older adults is that they have trouble remembering names, even the names of people they know well. Two experiments examining this problem are reported in the present article. Experiment I tested episodic memory for surnames and occupations; older adults and younger adults under divided attention performed less well than did full attention younger adults, but showed no disp...

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted April 01, 2012; Accepted April 16, 2012 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.4.12292 [West J Emerg Med. 2012;13(6):494] Shankar LeVine, MD Caitlin Bailey, MD Arun Nagdev, MD Alameda County Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oakla...

So we did what we usually do, approach understanding clumsily, not knowing if such a complaint could ever be resolved, or how, or to whose satisfaction, or the child’s wishes, with so little help to offer, recording an uncertain prognosis, so awkward to translate, entering the clinical elements anyway, using terms that burnish our bronzed mode of medical thinking, closing our eyes, trying to co...

When it comes to conflicts with psychiatric facilities, people with a mental disability are usually disadvantaged to the mentally healthy ones. This applies all the more to legal restrictive measures. Often clients depend upon the personnel's goodwill. This results in avoiding problems by not complaining and furthermore in discontent. Excessive demand in conflicts, caused by the illness, a lack...

In order to compare the use of a structured self-report questionnaire with direct questioning about memory problems, 71 healthy and independent aged individuals (63 women) from the community without risk factors for cognitive deficits were objectively asked about subjective memory complaints (SMC), given the Memory Complaint Questionnaire (MAC-Q) and then submitted to the Rey Auditory Verbal Le...

Background. Older adults report subjective memory complaints (SMCs) but whether these are related to depression remains controversial. In this study we investigated the relationship between the SMCs and depression and their predictors in a sample of old adults. Methods. This cross-sectional study enrolled 620 participants aged 55 to 96 years (74.04 ± 10.41). Outcome measures included a sociodem...