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Page 1: Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders in the Elderly · PDF fileRange 10-62% in nursing home population ... Partial Syndrome=Delusional Disorder ... >45yo with schizophrenia

A L I C E - L E E V E S T N E R A S S I S T A N T P R O F E S S O R ( C L I N I C A L )

A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L P R O V I D E N C E V A M C

Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders in the Elderly

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Objectives

Clinical Evaluation of Late Life Psychosis

Appreciate the differential diagnosis of LLP

Know the medical work up of LLP

Understand first-line treatment options for the most common causes

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General Considerations in Late Life Psychosis

Range 10-62% in nursing home population Up to 27% in outpatient psychiatry patients 23% lifetime risk

Community Dwelling Psych. Patients

PsychoticSymptoms

NoPsychoticSymptoms

Nursing Home

PsychoticSymptoms

NoPsychoticSymptoms

Holroyd, 1999; Webster 1998

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Phemonenology

Delusions

Vague/poorly formed/fleeting suspicions

Intricate (systematized)

Hallucinations

Illusions Name being called Multiple well-formed

Running commentary

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Phenomenology

Psychotic Symptoms

Secondary Psychotic Disorder

Primary Psychotic Disorder

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Dementia

MDD

Medical

Delirium

BPD

Toxicity Delusional SCZ SCZ-A

Webster,1998

SECONDARY >> PRIMARY CAUSES

•>1700 pts consecutively admitted to a geri psych unit

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Dementia

Delirium Depression

Organic

Alcohol

Bipolar Manic

LOSD EOSD Delusional Adj. D/o

140 geriatric patients in outpt. psychiatry

(Holroyd, 1999)

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Case

A 69 year old female with a history of DM and HTN presents to your office for a routine visit. She is more disheveled than usual and has lost some weight. On further questioning you learn that she has become agitated by her neighbors who she believes have been harassing her by intentionally making noise to bother her which she hears through the ceiling.

WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW?

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Is this psychosis or just thin walls?

From patient’s perspective Explore patient’s beliefs with an open non-judgmental

curiosity No matter how bizarre try to see it from their perspective

Systematized vs. vague How strongly does she believe this How long have the neighbors been bothering her?

Do you need input from a caregiver or relative?

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Dementia

Delirium Depression

Organic

Alcohol

Primary Psych

IS COGNITION AFFECTED?

IS THERE A MOOD DISORDER?

ARE SUBSTANCES/ MEDICATIONS INVOLVED?

IS THERE A PREMORBID PERSONALITY DISORDER OR PAST PSYCH HX?

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Time course is crucial

Reinhardt, 2015

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More than thin walls

You learn that she can hear their voices through the ceiling and that they are commenting on her actions. You also learn that she believes that her next door neighbor is intentionally disrupting her hot water supply because he does not want her to take showers in the early am. She also believes that the neighbor is attacking her furniture with an ice pick when she is out. She does not have depressive symptoms. Her physical exam is normal. Her cognition is intact.

What medical conditions can cause psychosis and should be ruled out?

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Primary Psychotic Illness

What is the medical work up of initial psychosis in late life? Chemistry panel to evaluate for disturbances in fluid or electrolytes Complete blood count to evaluate for infectious processes; blood

culture if indicated Hepatic function panel to evaluate for liver abnormalities Thyroid-stimulating hormone level to rule out thyroid disease Serum treponemal test such as fluorescent treponemal antibody

absorption (FTA-ABS) to screen for syphilis Urinalysis to evaluate for urinary tract infection or other

abnormalities; urine culture if indicated Urine drug screen to evaluate for recent substance use Vitamin B12 levels to evaluate for deficiency HIV to evaluate for infection

Up to Date,2016

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Additional Tests to Consider Based on History

Computed tomography (CT) brain or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate for space-occupying lesions, demyelinating disorders, or stroke

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Lumbar puncture Heavy metal screen Rheumatologic workup (eg, antinuclear antibody,

antiribosome antibody, anti-NMDA receptor antibody)

Up to Date, 2016

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More than thin walls

You learn that she can hear their voices through the ceiling and that they are commenting on her actions. You also learn that she believes that her next door neighbor is intentionally disrupting her hot water supply because he does not want her to take showers in the early am. She also believes that the neighbor is attacking her furniture with an ice pick when she is out. She does not have depressive symptoms. Her physical exam is normal. Her cognition is intact. Lab w/u is negative and imaging is wnl. What is the differential?

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Psychotic Syndrome vs Symptoms

Full Syndrome=Schizophrenia Long-standing…> 6 months Keeps company with other symptoms

Delusions Hallucinations Negative symptoms Disorganized behavior Disorganized speech

Partial Syndrome=Delusional Disorder Symptoms Delusions/hallucinations

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Scz: Nosology

Howard, 2000

Feighner Criteria

< 40

DSM III < 45

DSM III-R > 45

Late-onset type

DSM IV No age

restrictions

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Schizophrenia over the lifespan

Early Onset

Late Onset

Age 40 Age 60

20-36% W>M Well organized and persecutory delusions Visual, tactile, olfactory hallucinations Lower doses of neuroleptic necessary

Maglione, 2014

VLOP

FH 10-15% in both groups Risk factors the same

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Very Late-Onset Schizophrenia-like Psychosis

Distinguishing factors: Lower genetic load Less early childhood maladjustment Less thought disorder and less negative symptoms More likely a neurodegenerative process, rather than

neurodevelopmental Greater risk for tardive dyskinesia

Differential diagnosis includes disorders that are not schizophrenia: Psychosis of dementia Psychosis secondary to general medical conditions or substance use Mood disorder with psychotic features Delusional disorder Unspecified etiology

Howard 2000

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Delusional Disorder

Delusions without prominent auditory or visual hallucinations Persecutory, somatic, erotomanic, grandiose, or jealous

Basic personality, occupational and intellectual features are preserved. Social functioning is compromised.

Average age of onset 40-49: Male 60-69: Female

Risks FH of schizophrenia or cluster A personality d/o

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Risperidone vs Olanzapine in late life Schizophrenia

Jest e 2003

• Largest RCT to date. International, double-blind, 8-week RCT • 176 patients, aged >60 years with schizophrenia or schizoaffective

disorder • Randomly assigned to flexible doses of Risperidone (1-3; median 2 mg/d)

or Olanzapine (5-20; median 10 mg/d) • Both antipsychotics produced significant improvement from baseline

scores on PANSS • No significant difference between the two drugs on psychopathology

ratings, cognitive skills, QTc, EPS reports, or anticholinergic side effect reports

• Greater weight gain with olanzapine (p=.05)

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Schizophrenia: Treatment

Maintenance pharmacotherapy is usually required d/t risk of relapse

Higher risk of adverse antipsychotic effects starting and maintenance dose is much lower than usual doses in younger adults

Patients with LOS respond well to lower doses Approx 50% of dose needed by patients with EOS and 25-33% of the dose used in younger patients with SCZ

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Recommended Dosages in Older Patients with Schizophrenia

Drug Initial (mg/day) Typical Range

Risperidone 0.25-0.5 1-3

Olanzapine 2.5-5 5-15

Quetiapine 12.5-25 75-200

Aripiprazole 2-5 5-20

*Clozapine 6.25-12.5 50-150

*Clozapine, though gold standard for treatment resistant schizophrenia, is infrequently prescribed due to side effect limitations ( hypotension, anticholinergic effects, agranulocytosis).

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Dose Reduction for LLS

Antipsychotic dose can be successfully reduced in more than 80% of patients with stable LLS.

The mean D2/3R occupancy of the entire sample decreased from 70% (12%) to 64% (12%) after a mean antipsychotic dose reduction of 34.6% (3.4%).

The dose reduction improved adverse effects (EPS, hyperprolactinemia)

And improved clinical symptoms

Graff-Guerrero, 2015

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Long-Term Side Effects of Atypical Antipsychotics in OLDER PATIENTS

Weight gain Type 2 diabetes mellitus Hyperlipidemia Hyperprolactinemia Cardiac conduction disorders TD, EPS Strokes (in dementia patients) Increased mortality (in dementia patients)

FDA Warnings:

In all age groups: weight gain, diabetes, hyperlipidemia

In dementia patients: stroke and mortality

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Psychosocial THERAPIES- Late-Life Schizophrenia

Cognitive Behavior Social Skills Training - CBSST >45yo with schizophrenia or schizoaffective dx

Helping Older People Experience Success - HOPES >50yo with serious mental illness, more than half with

schizophrenia or schizoaffective dx Functional Adaptation Skills Training - FAST >40yo with schizophrenia or schizoaffective dx

All demonstrated benefit None specifically studied late-onset schizophrenia

Granholm 2013, Mueser 2010, Bartels 2013, Patterson 2006

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EOS: Case

Mrs. A is a 72 y/o W with a h/o paranoid schizophrenia treated with risperidone 3mg po qhs. + h/o diabetes (under good control) and CAD. She has been living at a NH x 2 years, doing well.

Pharmacy review recommended her risperidone be tapered and discontinued.

Risperidone was tapered over a three month period. 2 weeks after d/c’ing it she became agitated and withdrawn with vivid hallucinations

Emergently hospitalized with subsequent resumption of former dose and good sx. control. Bauza PC. And Sutor B. ALTC 2009

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CASE #2

An 81 y/o male has been seeing his dead wife and dead sister x 3 months. He sometimes talks to them, and he says they sometimes respond to him. He has a 4-yr h/o declining memory and ADLs. He has a history of depression and currently manifests some depressive sx. There is no h/o etoh or substance abuse. MMSE=17/30. On physical exam, he has an elevated bp (165/90), increasing rigidity in his UE in response to progressively more rapid movement and a shuffling gait. He has no tremors or other neuro. abnormalities. Lab tests were normal and CT showed mild cortical atrophy.

Cohen, 2013

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Case #2

What is the most likely explanation for his symptoms? 1. Lewy Body Dementia 2. Late-onset schizophrenia 3. Alzheimer’s Disease 4. Depression with Psychotic Features 5. Parkinson’s Disease with dementia

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Case #2

What is the most likely explanation for his symptoms? 1. Lewy Body Dementia 2. Late-onset schizophrenia 3. Alzheimer’s Disease 4. Depression with Psychotic Features 5. Parkinson’s Disease with dementia

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AD No psychosis

More agitation Faster decline More caregiver distress Faster institutionalization ? Independent risk factor for death

With psychosis 1 year: 26% 2 years: 36% 3 years+ : 50%

Jeste, 2000, Paulson, 2000

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AD with Psychosis

Sweet et al, 2014

Compared with non psychotic AD: Changes > in PFC than MTL • Decreased gray matter thickness • Higher tau burden • Greater glucose hypometabolism • Greater synaptic loss May be genetically determined

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AD with Psychosis (AD+P)

Three subtypes of psychotic symptoms Misidentification Syndromes (Forstl, 1991)

Phantom boarder syndrome Caregiver is an imposter Mirror image

Paranoid Delusions People are stealing things, that they are in danger Infidelity Abandonment

Hallucinations (V>A) People from the past, intruders, animals.

? Cognitive problem

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Non-pharmacologic tx of Psychotic Symptoms

Most importantly do a good assessment of the symptoms Antecedents, surrounding factors, consequences Who is bothered by the sx? Is there is sensory deprivation? Fix this Education re: natural course

Rule out other causes of psychosis Depression/delirium

Cohen-Mansfield, 2003

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Non-pharmacologic tx of Psychotic Symptoms

Assess for environmental interventions Reassurance, redirection, change of staffing, modify routines Stimulation oriented therapies: day program

Caregivers as imposters Focus on improving relationships with caregivers

Re-introduce caregivers each time Educate caregivers re: effects on memory

People stealing Purchase multiple items such as reading glasses Help patient to always put in the same place

Cohen-Mansfield, 2003

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Pharm: Treatment of Psychosis

Increased risk of mortality /morbidity 1.6–2.0 RR in the subsequent 12–52 weeks Sedation, orthostasis, falls

Use non-pharm or other pharm tx unless there

is very significant distress or risk of harm to patient or others.

Discuss risks with family thoroughly and document

Jeste, 2007, APA Practice Guidelines 2006

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CATIE-AD Study ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC EFFECTIVENESS

Schneider 2006, Sultzer 2008

42-site, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that included 421 outpatients with Alzheimer’s disease and psychosis, aggression, or agitation.

Randomly assigned to receive flexible dosing of olanzapine (mean dose, 5.5 mg per day), quetiapine (56.5mg/day), risperidone (1.0mg/day), or placebo for up to 36 weeks. At any time after two weeks treatment, the initially assigned medication could be switched to an alternative treatment because of insufficient efficacy, adverse effects, or other reasons, based on the clinical impression of the blinded treating clinician.

Time to discontinuation for any reason was the primary outcome, and there was no difference between antipsychotic and placebo treatment groups. An analysis of clinical symptoms found that at the last observation on the initially assigned drug, those treated with olanzapine or risperidone had improved more than those treated with placebo on global behavioral measures. The magnitude of improvement was greatest on the BPRS hostile suspiciousness factor, a measure of anger, aggression, and paranoia.

On the BPRS psychosis factor, only risperidone showed benefit compared to placebo. Antipsychotic treatment did not benefit daily functioning, care needs, or quality of life, compared to placebo.

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OLZ QTP RIS PBO N 99 94 84 139 Discontinued (%) 80 82 77 85 50th percentile (week) 8.1 5.3 7.4 8.0

Cox proportional hazards, P=.52

CATIE-AD: All-cause Discontinuation PHASE 1

Olanzapine (N=99) Quetiapine (N=94) Risperidone (N=84) Placebo (N=139)

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Antipsychotic Discontinuation IN AD ADAD TRIAL

Phase A Phase B Open Treatment Randomized Trial 16 weeks 16 weeks 16 weeks I---Risperidone---I---Risperidone---I I-Risperidone--I I---Risperidone---I------Placebo-----I I------Placebo------I------Placebo-----I

• N=180 • Mean dose 0.97mg/d • 110 responders randomized • Relapse, first 16 weeks:

• 60% P, 33% Risperidone • Relapse, second 16 weeks:

• 48% P, 15% Risperidone • Adverse effects: No substantial difference

Devanand 2012

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Maglione/AHRQ 2011, Maher 2011

Atypical Antipsychotic Efficacy FOR PSYCHOSIS IN AD

Aripiprazole

Olanzapine

Quetiapine

Risperidone

Overall Effect Size=.11

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Principles of pharmacotherapy

Identify target symptoms Benefit should occur in first 4 weeks, if no benefit

at reasonable dose, d/c med. Try a dose reduction at 3 months weighing r/b There is dose/harm relationship

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? SSRI’s

Porsteinsson, 2014

QT prolongation and cognitive effects at tested dose of 30mg. Unclear benefit at lower dose

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Psychosis and Parkinson’s Disease

Psychosis in 20-40% of patients “Benign Hallucinosis” Non-troubling mild perceptual disturbances, + insight, no need for tx. Sensation of a presence or sideways passage VH: People, animals, inanimate objects Evening hours when there is low stimulation Last seconds to minutes Non-threatening

VS Frightening complex psychotic sx, no insight, and tx is

necessary. Persecutory delusions + VH+/- delirium

Zahodne, LB 2008;Weintraub, 2007

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Causes of Psychosis in PD

ACH

Lewy bodies in the amygdala and parahippocampus

DA agonists

RBD ?REM intrusion

DA deficiency at level of the retina Structural deficits

Zahodne, LB 2008

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Psychosis in PD: Principles of Tx

Evaluate for other causes Dehydration, electrolyte abnormalities, infection, subdural hemorrhage

Reduce PD medications Trial of CHE-I Rivastigmine first line Antipsychotic clozapine Pimavanserin: new option recently approved.

5HT2A inverse agonist

Williams-Grey, 2006

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Jethwa 2015

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Cummings, 2014

• 6 week randomized double blind trial • patients with PD with psychosis age > 40 years • AP not permitted during the study • outcome: ap benefit SAPS-PD= Parkinson's Disease adapted scale

for the assessment of positive sx • 199 patients • 5.79 dec in SAPS c/w PBO decrease of 2.73 • No worsening of motor function

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Case #3

An 80 y/o woman reports hallucinations of children and small animals when she is alone in her room. She sometimes becomes disturbed and agitated by these hallucinations. Her family notes that she is having more difficulty walking and at times has hand tremors when she sits quietly. She has a 9 month history of short-term memory loss, word-finding difficulties, and difficulties with paying bills and preparing meals for her spouse and herself. Examination is unremarkable except for cogwheel rigidity and resting tremors.

Cohen, 2013

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Case #3

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? 1. Dementia with Lewy Bodies 2. Alzheimer’s Disease 3. Parkinson’s Disease with dementia 4. Huntington’s Disease

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Case #3

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? 1. Dementia with Lewy Bodies 2. Alzheimer’s Disease 3. Parkinson’s Disease with dementia 4. Huntington’s Disease

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Lewy Body Dementia

Primary symptoms (a) Parkinson’s-like movement changes, including slowness,

stiffness, tremor, or balance problems; (b) Visual hallucinations, often of small people, children, or

animals; (c) Spontaneous changes in alertness, concentration, and

attention, called cognitive fluctuations;

Supporting symptoms (d) A sleep disorder causing people to “act out” their dreams,

called rapid eye movement behavior disorder (RBD). (e) Neuroleptic Sensitivity

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Other Dementias

Vascular Dementia Higher percentage have psychotic sx. compared with AD (

Ostling, 2011) Delusions were nearly twice as common. No association between degree of dementia severity and

psychotic sx. No difference between the quality of psychotic sx in AD and in

VaD (LeRoi, 2003)

Psychotic sx are rare in FTD (Mendez,2008)

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Depression with Psychosis

Depression ? Prior episodes/ Family history Unipolar (more common) vs. Bipolar Severe, potentially lethal inpt Delusions of persecution or of having an incurable illness,

guilt, focus on abdomen ECT first line treatment but patients tend to not like this idea Antidepressant +/- antipsychotic (usually)

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