Psychiatric Times Focuses on Geriatric Psychiatry
NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that Psychiatric Times, a leading online community for mental health professionals, featured a special report on Geriatric Psychiatry. Because clinicians will likely encounter older adults with depression, dementia, Alzheimer disease, OCD, and other psychiatric disorders, this special series focuses on critical aspects of concern to the rising elderly population.
Among the special coverage of Geriatric Psychiatry online in Psychiatric Times:
The Challenges of Treating Older Adults: With more and more baby boomers turning 65 every day, there will be an enormous increase in elderly patients needing psychiatric care over the next 20 years.
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry in Geriatrics: Overcoming Challenges and Finding Solutions: This article summarizes 5 cases from consultation services at several teaching hospitals. These challenging cases illustrate several points for the consultation/liaison psychiatrist to consider in caring for elderly hospitalized patients.
Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Era of Black Box Warnings: An in-depth look into the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
Hoarding in Late Life: Implications for Clinicians: DSM-5 criteria for hoarding disorder necessitate that the hoarding behaviors cause clinically significant impairment in the patient's ability to function.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Late-Life Depression: Advances in our understanding of neurobiology can help inform diagnosis and prognosis in patients with late-life depression.
Psychiatric Times is the country's leading psychiatric publication and regularly publishes content on key issues in mental health.
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