Psychiatry Gerontological, Psychogeriatrics (Psychogeriatrics)

Psychogeriatrics is a branch of psychiatry devoted to the study of mental illness in elderly and old people.

Psychogeriatrics deals with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders that occur in old age. These include:

1. Dementia (including Alzheimer's disease)
2. Depression
3. Anxiety disorders
4. Delusional disorders
5. Psychotic disorders

The main objectives of psychogeriatrics are:

1. Early diagnosis of mental illness in the elderly
2. Selection of adequate therapy taking into account age characteristics
3. Prevention of exacerbations and progression of diseases
4. Improving the quality of life of elderly patients
5. Psychological support for the elderly and their relatives

The development of psychogeriatrics is of great importance due to the aging of the population and the growing number of older people with mental disorders.

The psychiatric gerontological direction of medicine is characterized by its interest in the development and examination of degenerative-restorative processes in the brain activity of elderly people (60-80 and older), who are already accustomed to psychoneurological problems due to natural physiological changes, as well as often some chronic pathological processes of an age-related nature .

Conversations about this arose a century ago, when it was noticed that after 50 years of age, the risk of mental disorders sharply increases in an adult. Already in the 90s of the last century, psychiatry began to interact and more thoroughly study problem areas of the mental health of older people, and currently this direction in medicine is one of the most promising and promising. As of 2017, the number of people of retirement age is thought to be around 68,000

Gerontological psychiatry is a branch of clinical psychiatry that studies mental activity in old and senile age. Its constituent areas are geriatric psychiatry, psychopathology of the elderly, including psychoeatropology and neurogeriatrics, geriatrics