Volume 14 (2017), Edition 4

Due to a recent study, one in two elderly individuals had experienced at least one mental disorder in their lifetime and nearly one in four currently have a mental disorder. The majority of geropsychiatric patients lives in the community and is...

Mental health strategies in old age necessitate inter-professional and inter-disciplinary approaches. Changes in mobility and comorbidity as well as the increasing demand of daily assistance cause challenges to the old age health care. Early disease...

The specialized treatment of an experienced trauma and its psychopathological consequences in old age can make the identification and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in older adults a challenge. Additionally, the early...

The author’s master program »Gerontological Sciences« discussed primarily technical and theoretical subjects. The application of the knowledge and the practical work missed out. Therefore, he decided to work in practice for a certain period of...