COLLABORATION WORKING IN OLDER PERSONS MENTAL HEALTH, AGED AND DEMENTIA CARE. “Raise Your Voice’ – A thought provoking and stimulating conference from the PGNA on Friday, 13th September in Wollongong. A great line-up of speakers from diverse backgrounds includes Dr Sue Packer, 2019 Senior Australian of the year, and 9 others. www.pgna.org.au/conference Dr Sid will be speaking on: ‘Mental illness: mind, body, brain, family and culture’. He will present some information on: anxiety, depression, hallucinations, delusions and confabulations associated with…..
The fibres/tracts/connections shown in the beautiful pictures in the link below are often affected in older people by damage to microscopic arteries (arterioles) in the brain. This can contribute to depression and to neurocognitive problems, including dementia. (page 275 and pages 455-458 in my book). The ABC Science article provides a nice account of the way these pictures are produced, indirectly, via mathematical analysis from MRI imaging. Knowing about these connections can help us to understand how brain systems (rather…..