Open AccessA novel study on clinical pharmacist and psychiatrist collaborative pharmacotherapy management services among elderly population with psychiatric illness
Author(s) -
Madhan Ramesh,
P.B. Samaksha,
M Kishor
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_379_21
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacotherapy , geriatric psychiatry , psychological intervention , pharmacist , psychiatry , depression (economics) , mental illness , clinical pharmacy , geriatrics , geriatric depression scale , collaborative care , psychiatric medication , bipolar disorder , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , mental health , family medicine , pharmacy , anxiety , mood , depressive symptoms , economics , macroeconomics
Geriatric psychiatry has yet to receive its due recognition in India. There is increasing evidence of a rise in morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, and loss of functional status related to common mental disorders in the elderly patients. Collaborative care approach, including a clinical pharmacist, is one of the possible approaches to cope with geriatric patients with psychiatric patients.