F. Bouckaert, Belgium

University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven & Laboratory for Translational Neuropsychiatry Department for psychiatry
Filip Bouckaert (°1968) is a Belgian consultant old age psychiatrist and medical director of the University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Belgium. He has special clinical and research interest in late-life depression and electroconvulsive therapy and is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Leuven University (KU Leuven), Group Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences and the Leuven Brain Institute (LBI). Since 2015, he is a board member of the EAGP (European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry) and of the section of Old Age Psychiatry of the EPA (European Psychiatric Association).

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Course 09: Depression in Old Age: State of the Art

Date
Sun, 11.04.2021
Session Time
08:00 - 10:00
Room
Courses Hall A
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Session Description
Proposed by the EPA Section on Old Age Psychiatry - Depression is the most frequent mental disorder also in the elderly population and it is soften unrecognized and untreated. Compared to other age groups, there are differences in risk factors, symptomatology, comorbidity, differential diagnosis and management. In the course epidemiology and risk factors will be presented. Diagnosis will be discussed with special focus on the differential diagnosis to grief, dementia and anxiety disorders. Sleep problems and suicidality will deserve special attention. Regarding therapy relevant modifications of drug therapy and psychological therapies will be presented. The different types of psychotherapy for elderly (schema based therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy) will be discussed. We also discuss neuromodulation therapies, ECT, and exercise. The management in the presence of physical disability or in special settings requires tailored interventions. Case vignettes regarding diagnosis and therapy are discussed.
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Course 09: Depression in Old Age: State of the Art (ID 350) No Topic Needed

Depression in Old Age: State of the Art

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Course 09: Depression in Old Age: State of the Art (ID 350)
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Live, Section, Ticket Required
Date
Sun, 11.04.2021
Session Time
08:00 - 10:00
Room
Courses Hall A
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08:00 - 10:00
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Workshop: Medication Deprescribing in Elderly Patients with Mental Disorders: Why, When, and How? (ID 273) No Topic Needed

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Workshop: Medication Deprescribing in Elderly Patients with Mental Disorders: Why, When, and How? (ID 273)
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Date
Tue, 13.04.2021
Session Time
10:00 - 11:30
Room
Channel 6
Lecture Time
11:08 - 11:28
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Workshop: Medication Deprescribing in Elderly Patients with Mental Disorders: Why, When, and How? (ID 273) No Topic Needed

W0061 - Clinical Aspects of Deprescribing Process in Affective Disorders

Session Name
Workshop: Medication Deprescribing in Elderly Patients with Mental Disorders: Why, When, and How? (ID 273)
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Pre-Recorded with Live Q&A, Section
Date
Tue, 13.04.2021
Session Time
10:00 - 11:30
Room
Channel 6
Lecture Time
10:17 - 10:34
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Although depression in the elderly is often underdiagnosed and undertreated, some data show that next to this potential underuse, antidepressant prescriptions may also be overused and prescribed inappropriately. These potentially overused and inappropriate prescriptions of antidepressants are often related to polypharmacy, comorbidity and increased mortality. Deprescribing is the planned and supervised process of reducing or stopping medications that may no longer be of benefit or may be causing harm. Clinically relevant aspects and considerations of this deprescribing process in elderly patients with affective disorders will be discussed.

Woodford HJ, Fisher J. New horizons in deprescribing for older people. Age and Ageing 2019;48:768-775.

Hiance-Delahaye A, et al. Potentially inappropriate prescription of antidepressants in old people: characteristics, associated factors, and impact on mortality. Int Psychogeriatr 2018 May;30(5):715-726.

Bobo WV, et al. Frequency and predictors of the potential overprescribing of antidepressants in elderly residents of a geographically defined U.S. population. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2019;e00461.

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