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CME SPOTLIGHT

AAGP's iGPSAP, the online Geriatric Psychiatry Self-Assessment Program, will be updated in 2013. More >>

LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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TRAINEES / STUDENTS
AAGP STUDENT ZONE Geriatric psychiatry offers rich opportunities for researchers and clinicians in geriatric issues and health services. AAGP offers many opportunities for medical students, residents, and geriatric psychiatry fellows. More >>

News

AAGP Position Statement: Access to Psychiatric Care for Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementing Illnesses

Published Monday, September 1, 1997

Adopted by the AAGP Board of Directors, September 1997 Position: Although Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is currently incurable, effective treatments are available for much of the psychiatric morbidity that is commonly associated with the clinical course of AD and other dementias. Treatment of psychiatric morbidity is medically necessary to alleviate patient more»

AAGP Position Statement: Formulary Choices and Restrictions

Published Monday, September 1, 1997

Adopted by the AAGP Board of Directors, September 1997 Position 1: Optimal quality of medical care for geriatric patients requires access to the safest and most efficacious drugs for treatment of psychiatric disorders and syndromes. Drug formularies of health care organizations and facilities must therefore include a range of psychotherapeutic drugs for more»

AAGP Position Statement: Psychotherapeutic Medication in the Nursing Home

Published Saturday, March 1, 1997

Adopted by AAGP Board of Directors, March 1997 Position 1: Optimizing the use of psychotherapeutic medications will require additional support for both clinical training and research. Rationale: The attention given to psychoactive medications in 1987 OBRA legislation and subsequent regulations demonstrates the central importance of the appropriate more»

AAGP Position Statement: The Clinical Roles and Functions of the Geriatric Psychiatrist

Published Saturday, March 1, 1997

Adopted by the AAGP Board of Directors, March 1997 Position 1: Appropriate care of older adults with mental health problems requires a comprehensive approach that relies on specialized knowledge and clinical skills to integrate the biomedical, psychological and social aspects of mental disorders as they occur in late life. Clinicians who care for older more»

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