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Geriatric psychopathology: an American perspective on a selected agenda for research
F M Baker1, B D Lebowitz, I R Katz
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore.
International Psychogeriatrics
|January 1, 1992
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.