Journal Title：International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry

The rapidly increasing world population of aged people has led to a growing need to focus attention on the problems of mental disorder in late life. The aim of the Journal is to communicate the results of original research in the causes, treatment and care of all forms of mental disorder which affect the elderly. The Journal is of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists, social scientists, nurses and others engaged in therapeutic professions, together with general neurobiological researchers.

The Journal provides an international perspective on the important issue of geriatric psychiatry, and contributions are published from countries throughout the world. Topics covered include epidemiology of mental disorders in old age, clinical aetiological research, post-mortem pathological and neurochemical studies, treatment trials and evaluation of geriatric psychiatry services.

世界老年人口迅速增加，导致人们越来越需要关注晚年精神障碍问题。该杂志的目的是交流影响老年人的各种形式的精神障碍的原因、治疗和护理方面的原创研究结果。该杂志吸引了精神科医生、心理学家、社会科学家、护士和其他从事治疗行业的人，以及一般的神经生物学研究人员。

该杂志提供了关于老年精神病学这一重要问题的国际视角，并发表了来自世界各地的文章。涵盖的主题包括老年精神障碍的流行病学、临床病原学研究、死后病理学和神经化学研究、治疗试验和老年精神病学服务的评估。