Geriatrics Today-An Overview

EWALD W. BUSSEAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123, Number 10

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.10.1226

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Biological aging can be studied on a number of levels; scientists have not settled on a single explanation although there are a number of intriguing theories. The psychiatrist should seek to understand the effects of aging (including perceptual changes) and of chronic disease upon the psyche. Various therapeutic approaches that have proved effective with certain disorders common to the aged are discussed.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123 • Number 10 • April 1967

Pages: 1226 - 1233

PubMed: 6021694

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Published in print: April 1967

Published online: 1 April 2006

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EWALD W. BUSSE

J. P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N. C. 27706

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Geriatrics Today-An Overview

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