| Descriptor English: | Geriatric Psychiatry | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Psiquiatría Geriátrica                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Psiquiatria Geriátrica | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Gérontopsychiatrie | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychogeriatrics  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        F04.096.544.380 H02.403.690.260  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005852 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the mental health of the aged. | 
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| Annotation: | specialty, not for mental disorders in the aged ( = MENTAL DISORDERS and AGED check tag) | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        CL                                                            classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Psychiatry (1966-1974) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 75 | 
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| History Note: | 75 | 
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| DeCS ID: | 5992 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D005852 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WT 150 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1975/09/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1974/11/11 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 | 
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                                        PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
 
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities [F04]Behavioral Disciplines and Activities - 
                                    
DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations 
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                                        M0009196 | 
                                
| Scope note | A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the mental health of the aged. | 
| Preferred term | Geriatric Psychiatry | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Psychiatry, Geriatric                                                 Psychogeriatrics  | 
                                
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