title: A psychogeriatric assessment program. IV. Interdisciplinary aspects.
abstract: The interdisciplinary aspects of the psychogeriatric assessments described in three previous papers are discussed on the basis of factor-analysis findings and their significance in diagnosis, treatment, planning and theory. The difference between basic biopsychologic dysfunctions (including pathohistologic changes and various counter-regulations) and psychosocial dysfunctions (lifestyle) becomes clear statistically as well as clinically. This difference probably is fundamental, in the sense that intact biopsychologic functions are elementary tools for the psychosocial functions.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008722:Methods; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time; D012919:Social Behavior