title: Aging and mental health: primary care of the healthy older adult. A roundtable discussion: Part I.
abstract: Dementia, depression, alcoholism, and suicide are some of the most important mental health issues for the aging population. Among the factors that affect the physician's ability to evaluate and manage these disorders are drug-induced side effects, the ability and willingness of patients to communicate their feelings, the level of caregiver cooperation, and limitations imposed by federal regulations and reimbursement policies. In this first of three installments of a panel discussion, experts in geriatrics and geropsychiatry discuss healthy aging, age-related memory and sensory loss, changes in mentation postanesthesia, sexuality in the elderly, and side effects of common psychoactive medications.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Finkel
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sunderland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008603:Mental Health; D012725:Sexual Behavior