title: Frequently missed diagnosis in geriatric psychiatry.
abstract: Older adults are an important segment of the population that has specific health care needs. Their unique biopsychosocial characteristics impact the presentation, evaluation, and management of psychiatric illnesses. This article describes how common psychiatric disorders present in an aging population. Research in this area is relatively new and much more information is still needed. Close attention should be paid to new knowledge as it emerges about this growing population.
authors.affiliation: Salt Lake City VA Medical Center GRECC, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bair
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000502:physiology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data