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Geriatric Psychopathology: An American Perspective on a Selected Agenda for Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

F. M. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Barry D. Lebowitz
Affiliation:
Mental Disorders of the Aging Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
Ira R. Katz
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Harold Alan Pincus
Affiliation:
Office of Research, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Abstract

The authors present an overview of research questions related to psychopathology in elderly patients. Specific research questions in the areas of organic mental disorders, affective disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and substance abuse are presented. Clinical investigators are encouraged to pursue some of these specific questions in order to facilitate diagnosis and to develop specific effective treatment strategies for psychopathology in older patients.

Type
International Psychogeriatric Developments
Copyright
© 1992 Springer Publishing Company

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