What should be taught in psychogeriatrics: a personal viewpoint.
Psychiatry is part of medicine. The goals of medical practice should endorse a biopsychosocial view of illness, and practitioners should accept responsibility for all phases of illness: from the acute stage through rehabilitation to recovery or chronicity. Bedside instruction should emphasize basic clinical skills in history taking and a standard examination that includes the mental state. Liaison psychiatry offers an opportunity for training in psychogeriatrics and for the psychiatrist to re-enter the medical setting in providing health care to the elderly.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching