Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology brings together original research, clinical reviews, and timely case reports on all aspects of neuropsychiatric care of aging patients, including age-related biologic, neurologic, and psychiatric illnesses; psychosocial problems; forensic issues; and family care.
The journal offers clinicians and investigators from geriatric psychiatry, neurology, psychology, nursing, and social work the latest peer-reviewed information from respected researchers on cognitive, mood, anxiety, addictive, and sleep disorders in older patients. JGPN describes tested diagnostic tools and practical, cost-effective therapies. It also pursues advances in allied sciences as diverse as molecular biology and genetics, brain imaging, neuropathology, neuropsychology, pharmacology, epidemiology, and health sciences research.
FULL RANGE OF TOPICS
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology covers the full range of geriatric neuropsychiatric disorders. Some of the areas regularly reported on include:
- Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
- Behavioral and mood complications of neurological disorders, such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, and primary dementias.
- Delirium
- Depression and other mood disorders
- Late-life addictions
- Anxiety disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
- Adjustment disorders
- Complications of bereavement
RESEARCH TOPICS IMPORTANT TO YOUR EVERY DAY PRACTICE
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology also increases your working knowledge of topics important to your practice, such as:
- Evaluative methods
- Delivery of care
- Drug therapies
- Therapeutics in dementia
- Approaches from the viewpoints of health services research, mental health, and health systems
- New agents
- Genetics and diagnosis
- Neuroimaging
- Caregiver issues
- Other psychiatric illnesses such as addiction and psychosis
- Economics of psychiatric care
- Ethical challenges
- Late life psychosis
SPECIAL FOCUS ISSUES
Every so often, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology presents issues or parts of issues that focus on specific topics.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
JGPN presents the results of clinical and research reviews and studies considering all aspects of the psychiatric and neurologic care of older adults, including age-related biologic, neurologic, psychiatric and neuropsychological conditions; psychosocial problems; forensic issues; and matters relating to caregiving. It welcomes discussion of advances in allied sciences as diverse as molecular biology and genetics, neuroimaging, neuropathology, neuropsychology, pharmacology, epidemiology and other areas of health sciences research relevant to psychiatric and neurologic understanding and care of older adults.
| James M. Ellison, MD, MPH | Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Sherry P. Becker, MPH | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD | Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Gary D. Miner | University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California, USA (retired) |
| Alireza Atri, MD, PhD | Banner Health, Sun City, Arizona, USA |
| Brent Forester, MD, MSc | Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Cynthia Greywolf, PhD, DNP-PMHNP, BC, APRN | Southwest Care Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
| David Harper, PhD | McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA |
| Sehba Husain-Krautter, MD, PhD | Icahn School at Mount Sinai, New York, USA |
| Ciro Rosario Ilardi, PhD | SynLab SDN SpA, Naples, Italy |
| Helen H. Kyomen, MD, MS | McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA |
| Sara Manning Peskin, MD, MS | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Linda A. Miner, PhD | Southern Nazarene University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA |
| Olivia I. Okereke, MD, MS | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| David Olson, MD, PhD | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Pawel Pomianowski, MD | University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA |
| Murray A. Raskind, MD | VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinic Center, Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Barry Reisberg, MD | Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York, New York, USA |
| Carl Salzman, MD | Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Andrew Satlin, MD | Intra-Cellular Therapies, New York, New York, USA |
| Lon Schneider, MD | USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Prabha Siddarth, PhD | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Gary W. Small, MD | Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA |
| Theodore Stern, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts, USA |
| Sanjeev N. Vaishnavi, MD, PhD | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Yu-Tao Xiang, MD, PhD | University of Macau, Macau SAR, China |
| Bao-Liang Zhong, MD, PhD | Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China |
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