Psychiatric Disorders Late in Life

Life Course-Developmental and Transitional Events.- Demography and Epidemiology.- Culture and Gender.- Family and Community.- Economics and Health Policy.- Neuroanatomy and neuropathology. Biochemistry and neuropharmacology.- Anatomy and physiology. Interviewing and history taking.- Mental status examination.- Functional assessment.- Psychological and neuropsychological testing.- Neurologic Examination.- Clinical Laboratory Testing.- Structural and Functional Imaging.- Neurocognitive Disorders.- Depressive Disorders and Bipolar and Related Disorders.- Sleep Disorders.- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders.- Substance use disorders (DSM-IV)/Substance-related and addictive disorders (DSM-5).- Anxiety Disorders.- Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria and Paraphilic Disorders.- Intellectual Disability in the Elderly.- Personality Disorders.- Pharmacology and Psychopharmacology.- Electroconvulsive Therapy.- Psychotherapy.- Multidisciplinary Approaches.- Setting-Specific Treatment Issues.- Special Management Problems.- Policy, Ethical and Legal Issues.- Care of patients with neurologic disease.- Psychiatric disorders due to a general medical condition and psychiatric complications of medical treatment.-Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions.

Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA, Vice Chairman for Education, Residency Program Director and Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry, MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio

Deena J Tampi, MSN, MBA-HCA, RN, Executive Director, Behavioral Health Services, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Lisa L. Boyle MD, MPH, Program Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin