Dementia and Geriatric Psychiatric Problems

Older people often suffer from mental health problems such as depression and anxiety and are more likely to develop dementia.  

Psychiatric conditions that are most common in older people include:

• Dementia including Alzheimer's, Lewy Body Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia and Cerebrovascular Degeneration
• Depression and Anxiety are extremely common among geriatrics experiencing life changes due to aging
• Psychotic disorders associated with medical disease such as Parkinson's.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorders and Delusional disorders.
• Substance use disorders including alcohol, opioids, tobacco and sedative hypnotics

Many people are lonely in older age. They may have lost their partner or friends and live far from their children. Mobility problems make it more challenging to get out and form new friendships.

Goals of Care, PLLC, offers comprehensive geriatric psychiatry treatments, including:

• Antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs
• Psychotherapy (talk therapy)
• Grief counseling
• Addiction medicine

The team’s holistic approach strives to consider everything in your life that could adversely affect your health.