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REGULAR ARTICLE
717 Learning From Our Patients While Caring for the Population: The Opportunity for Geriatric
Psychiatry in 2021 and Beyond
Brent P. Forester, M.D., M.Sc.

SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH

724 Special Issue on Social Connectedness and Mental Health
Martha L. Bruce, Ph.D., M.P.H.

727 Social Disconnection in Late Life Mental Illness Commentary From the National Institute of
Mental Health
Elizabeth A. Necka, Ph.D., Laura M Rowland, Ph.D., Jovier D. Evans, Ph.D.

731 Social Disconnection in Late Life Suicide: An NIMH Workshop on State of the Research in Identifying
Mechanisms, Treatment Targets, and Interventions
Julie Lutz, Ph.D., Kimberly A. Van Orden, Ph.D., Martha L. Bruce, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
Yeates Conwell, M.D., Members of the NIMH Workshop on Social Disconnection in
Late Life Suicide

745 Ignoring Societal Structure in Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention

Paul R. Duberstein, PhD, Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MPH, MS

748 Peer Companionship for Mental Health of Older Adults in Primary Care: A Pragmatic, Nonblinded,
Parallel-Group, Randomized Controlled Trial
Yeates Conwell, M.D., Kimberly A, Van Orden, Ph.D., Deborah M. Stone, Sc.D., M.S.W., M.P.H.,
Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, M.P.H., Susan Messing, M.A., M.S., Jody Rowe,
Carol Podgorski, Ph.D., Kimberly A. Kaukeinen, Xin Tu, Ph.D.

758 Getting by With a Little Help From Our Peers

Jo Anne Sirey, Ph.D., Elissa Kozlov, Ph.D.

761 Modifying Behavioral Activation to Reduce Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults
Renee Pepin, Ph.D., Courtney J. Stevens, Ph.D., Namkee G. Choi, Ph.D.,
Sharon M. Feeney, B.Ed., Martha L. Bruce, Ph.D., M.P.H.

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771 One Year Impact on Social Connectedness for Homebound Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial
of Tele-delivered Behavioral Activation Versus Tele-delivered Friendly Visits
Martha L. Bruce, Ph.D., M.P.H., Renee Pepin, Ph.D., C. Nathan Marti, Ph.D.,
Courtney J. Stevens, Ph.D., Namkee G. Choi, Ph.D.

777 The Leveraging Exercise to Age in Place (LEAP) Study: Engaging Older Adults in Community-Based
Exercise Classes to Impact Loneliness and Social Isolation
Allison Moser Mays, M.D., M.A.S., Sungjin Kim, M.S., Katrina Rosales, M.S.G., Tam Au, B.S.,
Sonja Rosen, M.D.

789 A Pilot Randomized Trial of Engage Psychotherapy to Increase Social Connection and Reduce
Suicide Risk in Later Life
 Ph.D., Yeates Conwell, M.D.
Kimberly A. Van Orden, Ph.D., Patricia A. Arean,

801 Improving Social Connections to Reduce Suicide Risk: A Promising Intervention Target?
Katalin Szanto, M.D., Kathrine Whitman, B.A.

804 Aging and Engaging: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Conversational Skills Coach for
Older Adults
Rafayet Ali, Ph.D., Ehsan Hoque, Ph.D., Paul Duberstein, Ph.D., Lenhart Schubert, Ph.D.,
Seyedeh Zahra Razavi, M.S., Benjamin Kane, B.S., Caroline Silva, Ph.D,
Jennifer S. Daks, M.A., Meghan Huang, M.A., Kim Van Orden, Ph.D.

816 Strategies to Promote Social Connections Among Older Adults During “Social Distancing” Restrictions
Kimberly A. Van Orden, Ph.D., Emily Bower, Ph.D., Julie Lutz, Ph.D., Caroline Silva, Ph.D.,
Autumn M. Gallegos, Ph.D., Carol A. Podgorski, Ph.D., Elizabeth J. Santos, M.D.,
Yeates Conwell, M.D.

828 Increasing Social Connectedness for Underserved Older Adults Living With Depression: A Pre-Post
Evaluation of PEARLS
Lesley Steinman, M.S.W., M.P.H., Amanda Parrish, M.A., Caitlin Mayotte, M.S.,
Perla Bravo Acevedo, M.P.H., Eva Torres, M.S.W., M.P.H., Mariana Markova, Ph.D.,
Margaret Boddie, Ph.D., Sue Lachenmayr, M.P.H., Carol Nohelia Montoya, M.D., M.P.H.,
Libby Parker, Edrei Conton-Pelaez, M.S.W., Joscelyn Silsby, M.P.H., Mark Snowden, M.D., M.P.H.

843 Perceived Social Support and Interpersonal Functioning as Predictors of Treatment Response
Among Depressed Older Adults
Alexandra Woods, Ph.D., Nili Solomonov, Ph.D., Brian Liles, M.S., Arielle Guillod, B.S.,
Helen C. Kales, M.D., Jo Anne Sirey, Ph.D.

853 Prediction of Loneliness in Older Adults Using Natural Language Processing: Exploring Sex Differences
in Speech
Varsha D. Badal, Ph.D., Sarah A. Graham, Ph.D., Colin A. Depp, Ph.D., Kaoru Shinkawa, M.E.,
Yasunori Yamada, Ph.D., Lawrence A. Palinkas, Ph.D., Ho-Cheol Kim, Ph.D.,
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Ellen E. Lee, M.D.
867 Increased Social Interactions Reduce the Association Between Constricted Life-Space and Lower
Daily Happiness in Older Adults With and Without HIV: A GPS and Ecological Momentary
Assessment Study
Lily Kamalyan, M.A., Jiue-An Yang, Ph.D., Caitlin N. Pope, Ph.D., Emily W. Paolillo, M.S.,
Laura M. Campbell, M.S., Bin Tang, Ph.D., Marıa J. Marquine, Ph.D., Colin A. Depp, Ph.D.,
Raeanne C. Moore, Ph.D.

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Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Case Series
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Ketamine for Depression in Older Adults
Subha Subramanian, M.D. and Eric J. Lenze, M.D.
Depression and Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Dementia: Longitudinal Analyses of Modifiable Risk
and Sex-Related Factors
Doyoung Kim, H.BSc., et al.
Depression and Dementia Risk: Research Findings That Are Shovel-Ready for Clinicians
David C. Steffens, M.D., M.H.S.
Frailty Worsens Antidepressant Treatment Outcomes in Late Life Depression
Patrick J. Brown, Ph.D., et al.
Antidepressants May Not Be Enough When Frailty Complicates Depression in Late Life
Gary J. Kennedy, M.D.