Psychiatry is the specialty that prides itself on basing best practices on a biopsychosocial
model. Although geriatric psychiatrists are one of the strongest advocates of such
practices for patients in late life and their families, many have been relatively
slow in their participation in the detection, recognition and interventions, and teaching
and research in elder maltreatment, compared with professionals in nursing and social
work. The fact that women age 75 and over are the most vulnerable and largest category
of those victimized in these ways can partially explain this earlier concern of nonmedical
professional women for victimized elderly patients. An instrument to assess elder
maltreatment (including financial exploitation) has been available for the last 13
years.
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- Elder neglect, abuse, and exploitation.in: Dickstein LJ Nadelson CC Family Violence: Emerging Issues of a National Crisis. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC1989: 101-124
- Abuse of the elderly.in: Romaine-Davis A Boondas J Lenhan A Encyclopedia of Home Care for the Elderly. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT1995: 207
- Elder maltreatment.in: Kaplan SJ Family Violence: A Clinical and Legal Guide. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC1996: 181-208
- Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.in: Kaplan HI Sadock BJ Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. 7th Edition. Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore MD2000 (in press)
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