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Division of Geriatric
Psychiatry
Geriatric
Psychiatry
is a field of medicine dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of
mental disorders in older adults. These disorders include dementia,
depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and late-life schizophrenia.
The Geriatric Psychiatrist has specialized
training in the special physical, emotional, and social needs of
older patients that allows for a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and
treatment. Such care includes listening and responding to the concerns
of the older adult, helping families, and when necessary, working with
other health care professionals to develop effective approaches to
treatment. Co-existing medical illnesses, medications, family issues,
social concerns, and environmental issues are integrated into a
comprehensive program of care.
In
addition to providing clinical care, Duke Geriatric Psychiatrists are
actively involved in research of
mental disorders of older adults.
This research covers a broad range and includes clinical
trials of new medications for mood disorders and dementia,
understanding the role of psychotherapy
in geriatric depression, neuroimaging
findings in mood and cognitive disorders, the importance of religion in mental health, and medical and cognitive consequences of mood disorders.
The
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry also has an educational mission. The
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program trains physicians who have
completed general psychiatry training and wish to specialize in
geriatric psychiatry. Faculty
in the Division also train general residents and medical students at
Duke. Equally important are
the educational programs provided by Division Faculty for
non-psychiatric physicians and other health providers in the community
as well as for the general public.
The Office of the
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry is located in Duke South Hospital, Room
3547 Blue Zone. The Division Staff Assistant, Ms. Judy Ridley, can be
reached at 919-681-8536.
Correspondence
may be sent to:
David C. Steffens, M.D.
Head, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3903
Durham, NC 27710
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Faculty
David C. Steffens, M.D., Division Head, Professor of
Psychiatry and Medicine
Mugdha E. Thakur, M.D.,
Geriatric Psychiatry Training Program Director,
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry
Andree Allen, M.D.,
Consulting Associate in Psychiatry
Peter Barboriak, M.D., Ph.D., Consulting Associate in Psychiatry
John L. Beyer, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dan G. Blazer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry
John C.S. Breitner, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry
Michael Wei-Liang Chee, M.B.B.S., Adjunct Associate Professor
Harold W. Goforth, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Kathleen Hayden, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor of Psychiatry
Judith C. Hays, R.N., Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Nursing and
Psychiatry
Tracey C. Holsinger, M.D., Consulting Associate in Psychiatry
Celia F. Hybels, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor of Psychiatry
Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry
Madan M. Kwatra, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and
Psychiatry
Barbara G. Mattox, M.D., Consulting Associate in Psychiatry
Jody W. Miller, M.D., Consulting Associate in Psychiatry
Stephen L. Oxley, M.D., Assistant Consulting Professor of Psychiatry
Carol Saur, MSN, Clinical Associate in Psychiatry
Frauke C. Schaefer, M.D., Consulting Associate in Psychiatry
Warren Taylor, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Lihong
Wang, M.D., Assistant Research Professor
John W. Williams, Jr., M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and
Psychiatry
Robert E. Williams, M.D., Clinical Associate in Psychiatry
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Clinical Care
Clinical Care in
Geriatric Psychiatry
There are a variety of geriatric mental health clinics at Duke.
- For comprehensive evaluation, including both geriatric internal
medicine specialists and geriatric psychiatrists, please call the
Geriatric Evaluation and Treatment (GET) Clinic at 919-620-4070.
For evaluation and treatment of memory and behavioral problems related
to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, please call the Neurological
Disorders Clinic at 919-668-7600.
For evaluation and treatment of Mood or Anxiety Disorders by a
geriatric psychiatrist, please call 919-684-0102.
For evaluation of sleep disorders, please call 681-8788.
To find out about clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease and Geriatric
Depression, please call the Duke Psychiatric
Clinical Trials Office at 919-684-3497.
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Research
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