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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 123, No. 10

Articles | April 01, 1967

Geriatrics Today-An Overview

EWALD W. BUSSE

Am J Psychiatry 1967;123:1226-1233.

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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

1966-67, American Psychiatric Association

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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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