Psychiatry and Psychology

Geriatric Psychiatry

A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the mental health of the aged.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the mental health of the aged.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Psychiatry, Geriatric
  • Psychogeriatrics

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty, not for mental disorders in the aged ( = MENTAL DISORDERS and AGED check tag)

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History Note

75

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Previous Indexing

  • Psychiatry (1966-1974)

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  1. F04.096w.544w.380w
  2. H02w.403w.690w.260w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Geriatric Psychiatry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005852. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005852
  2. Geriatric Psychiatry. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatric_psychiatry
  3. Geriatric Psychiatry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1278031