Geriatric Mental Health Care

Lessons from a Pandemic

Robert Roca, Micheline Dugue, Maria Llorente
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
384 pages
ISBN: 9781615374656
March 2022

This book addresses the disproportionate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on older adults with mental illness. Topics covered include inpatient geriatric psychiatry during a pandemic, telehealth models of care, health care staff concerns, and social determinants of health. The authors also explore the pandemic's effects on research and the economy, analyzing the impact of nonclinical factors on the broader clinical care effort.