The objective of this Clinical Mental Health Academic Award application is to assist Dr. Robert Abrams in his academic activities in the field of geriatric psychiatry and to develop a clinical research program in geriatric personality disorders at the New York Hospital-Westchester Division. The award will free Dr. Abrams from most of his present clinical responsibilities and permit him to: 1) Develop as an expert in assessment and interpretation of personality disorders and symptoms in geriatric patients; 2) study the principal methodological problems that have limited research in this field up to the present time; 3) generate new instrumentation to evaluate personality traits and disorders in cognitively impaired elderly subjects; and 4) conduct a research project studying personality disorder symptomatology as predictors of outcome in geriatric Major Depression. As a result of these efforts, hypotheses on underlying relationships of personality traits, aging, and affective disorders will be formulated.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Academic/Teacher Award (ATA) (K07)
Project #
5K07MH001025-05
Application #
2032803
Study Section
Mental Disorders of Aging Review Committee (MDA)
Project Start
1993-01-01
Project End
1998-12-31
Budget Start
1997-01-01
Budget End
1998-12-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
201373169
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10065
Abrams, R C; Alexopoulos, G S; Spielman, L A et al. (2001) Personality disorder symptoms predict declines in global functioning and quality of life in elderly depressed patients. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 9:67-71
Abrams, R C; Spielman, L A; Alexopoulos, G S et al. (1998) Personality disorder symptoms and functioning in elderly depressed patients. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 6:24-30
Abrams, R C; Rosendahl, E; Card, C et al. (1994) Personality disorder correlates of late and early onset depression. J Am Geriatr Soc 42:727-31