Geriatrics & Aging

Geriatric Medicine and Psychiatry

Geriatric psychiatry emphasizes the biological and psychological aspects of normal aging, the psychiatric effect of acute and chronic physical illness, and the biological and psychosocial aspects of the pathology of primary psychiatric disturbances of older age. Geriatric psychiatrists focus on prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional and sleep disorders in the elderly and improvement of psychiatric care for healthy and ill elderly patients.