Old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine: shared challenges, shared solutions?
The co-occurrence of physical and mental ill health means there is considerable overlap between the patients that geriatric medicine and old age psychiatry serve. In this editorial we detail similarities between the specialisms, highlight the common challenges facing them and argue that closer alignment holds the potential to improve patient care.
James Fisher, MD, DipClinEd, MClinRes, MRCP, MBBS, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Andrew Teodorczuk, MD, DipClinEd, MBChB(Edinb), MRCPsych, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Queensland, Southport, Australia drjamesfisher@hotmail.com.
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James Fisher, MD, DipClinEd, MClinRes, MRCP, MBBS, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Andrew Teodorczuk, MD, DipClinEd, MBChB(Edinb), MRCPsych, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Queensland, Southport, Australia.
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D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce