The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry · May 2003
Geriatric psychiatry fellowship programs in the United States: findings from the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs' longitudinal study of training and practice.
The authors document the development and growth of geriatric psychiatry fellowship training in the United States (U.S.) through 2002. ⋯ Recruiting high-quality USMGs into geriatric psychiatry fellowship programs remains a challenge. Furthermore, retaining first-year fellows for additional years of academic training has been difficult. Findings indicate that specific strategies need to be developed to stimulate undergraduate and graduate interest in careers in clinical and academic geriatric psychiatry.
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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry · May 2003
The Stressful Caregiving Adult Reactions to Experiences of Dying (SCARED) Scale: a measure for assessing caregiver exposure to distress in terminal care.
The authors evaluated the performance of the Stressful Caregiving Adult Reactions to Experiences of Dying (SCARED) scale, a new tool to assess caregiver exposure to patient distress, and the fear and helplessness evoked by these experiences. ⋯ The SCARED may be a clinically useful tool for identifying caregivers at risk for MDD and quality-of-life impairments, as well as potential aspects of caregiving to target for treatment.