Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc

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Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at McLean Hospital. His publications from 2003 to 2023 focus on depression, bipolar disorder, electroconvulsive therapy, and neurology. His work includes studies on electroconvulsive therapy outcomes in patients with depression and dementia, treatment of ECT-emergent mood symptoms, pharmacogenomics in medication response, and assessment of noncognitive symptoms of dementia.

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Effects of ECT in Comorbid Depression and Dementia
Original Research

Effects of ECT in Comorbid Depression and Dementia

January 25, 2023

Limited data suggest a role for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treating behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. Using a larger sample size than in previous reports, this study examined...
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JCP
Systematic Review

Treating ECT-Emergent Hypomania and Mania

November 16, 2021

Evidence-based guidelines for managing ECT-emergent hypomania/mania are lacking. This systematic literature review compiled the current published literature on treating ECT-emergent hypomania/mania to help guide treatment course in depressed patients.
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JCP
Original Research

Utility of Combinatorial Pharmacogenomics in Depression

October 31, 2019

This study sought to ascertain the extent that pharmacogenetic testing can inform treatment decisions among patients with treatment-resistant depression whose medications are subject to gene-drug interactions—read the article to...
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JCP
Original Research

Lurasidone in Older Adults With Bipolar Depression

October 26, 2016

Lurasidone's favorable safety profile in younger adults suggests it would be a good candidate for the treatment of episodes of bipolar depression in older adults. For your patients 55...
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PCC
Original Research

Measures to Assess the Noncognitive Symptoms of Dementia in the Primary Care Setting

August 1, 2003

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