The Montreal Cognitive Assessment as a preliminary assessment tool in general psychiatry

Gierus, Jacek; Mosiołek, Anna; Koweszko, Tytus; Wnukiewicz, P.; Kozyra, Olga; Szulc, Agata

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.05.011

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“…Demographic information was collected via self-report, and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; Nasreddine et al 2005) was used to screen for cognitive impairment. A score lower than the age/education-adjusted cutoff for psychiatric populations (Gierus et al 2015) triggered additional neuropsychological evaluation and clinician clearance to participate. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI 6.0; Sheehan et al 1998) was used to establish psychiatric diagnoses, including primary diagnosis, and to screen for suicide/homicide risk.…”

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Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study

et al. 2017

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Compassion meditation (CM) is a contemplative practice that is intended to cultivate the ability to extend and sustain compassion toward self and others. Although research documents the benefits of CM in healthy populations, its use in the context of psychopathology is largely unexamined. The purpose of this study was to refine and initially evaluate a CM protocol, Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT®), for use with Veterans with PTSD. To this end, our research team developed and refined a manualized protocol, CBCT-Vet, over 4 sets of groups involving 36 Veterans. This protocol was delivered in 8-10 sessions, each lasting 90-120 min and led by a CBCT®-trained clinical psychologist. Quantitative and qualitative data were used to identify areas to be improved and to assess change that occurred during the treatment period. Based on pooled data from this series of groups, CM appears to be acceptable to Veterans with PTSD. Group participation was associated with reduced symptoms of PTSD (partial eta squared = .27) and depression (partial eta squared = .19), but causality should not be inferred given the nonrandomized design. No change was observed in additional outcomes, including positive emotion and social connectedness. The results of this open trial support additional exploration of CM as part of the recovery process for Veterans with PTSD.

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Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study

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“…Defining a single, optimal MoCA cutoff score from the large number of validation studies is further limited by the fact that the majority of studies have been conducted in specific patient populations, such as those with cerebrovascular conditions (e.g., Cumming et al, 2013;Dong et al, 2010Dong et al, , 2012Freitas et al, 2012b;Godefroy et al, 2011;Pendlebury et al, 2012Pendlebury et al, , 2013Webb et al, 2014;Wong, Lam, et al, 2013a) cardiovascular conditions (Hawkins et al, 2014;McLennan et al, 2011), Parkinson's disease (e.g., Chen et al, 2013;Dalrymple-Alford et al, 2010;Gill et al, 2008;Hoops et al, 2009;Kasten et al, 2010;Krishnan et al, 2015;Ozdilek & Kenangil, 2014;Sobreira et al, 2015), HIV (Koski et al, 2011;Milanini et al, 2014;Janssen et al, 2015;Joska et al, 2016;Overton et al, 2013), Traumatic Brain Injury (Wong, Ngai, et al, 2013b), psychiatric conditions (Gierus et al, 2015;Musso et al, 2014), Huntington disease (Bezdicek et al, 2013), and Korsokoff syndrome (Oudman et al, 2014;Wester et al, 2013).…”

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A re‐examination of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) cutoff scores

Carson

Leach²,

Murphy

2017

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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“…The Montreal Cognitive Assessment 1 (MoCA [ 28 ]; is a brief (~10 min) clinician-administered cognitive screening test, which will be used to screen for cognitive impairment. If the score is < 22, which has been identified an as appropriate cutoff for psychiatric patients [ 29 ], patients will be referred for additional evaluation and excluded, unless a qualified clinician provides clearance to participate. The blind version of the MoCA, which is the same as the MoCA except for the removal of visual items, is used for remote assessments.…”

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A randomized controlled trial of yoga vs nonaerobic exercise for veterans with PTSD: Understanding efficacy, mechanisms of change, and mode of delivery

Lang¹,

Malaktaris

Maluf

et al. 2021

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

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Background and objectives Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, disabling, and prevalent mental health disorder among Veterans. Despite the availability of empirically supported psychotherapies, many Veterans remain symptomatic after treatment and/or prefer to seek complementary and integrative health approaches, including yoga, to manage PTSD. The randomized controlled trial (RCT) described herein will evaluate the efficacy of a manualized yoga program as compared to nonaerobic exercise in reducing PTSD severity among Veterans. A secondary aim of this study is to better understand the mechanisms of change. Methods Veterans ( N = 192) with PTSD will be randomized to hatha yoga or nonaerobic physical activity control; both groups consist of 12 weekly, 60-min group or online training sessions with 15–20 min of daily at-home practice. Outcome measures will be administered at baseline, mid-treatment, posttreatment, and 12-week follow-up. Projected outcomes This study will evaluate changes in PTSD severity (primary outcome) as well as depression, anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and psychosocial disability (secondary outcomes). We will also use multiple mediation to examine two potential models of the mechanisms of clinical effect: the Attention Model (i.e., yoga increases attentional control, which reduces PTSD symptoms), the Coping Model (i.e., yoga increases distress tolerance, which improves coping, which reduces PTSD symptoms), and the combination of these models. This aspect of the study is innovative and important given the absence of an existing, comprehensive model for understanding yoga's impact on PTSD. Ultimately, we hope to develop guidelines for application of yoga to PTSD recovery.

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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment as a preliminary assessment tool in general psychiatry

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study

Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study

A re‐examination of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) cutoff scores

A randomized controlled trial of yoga vs nonaerobic exercise for veterans with PTSD: Understanding efficacy, mechanisms of change, and mode of delivery

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