Geriatric Psychiatry At Holy Cross Hospital-Salt Lake

Geriatric Psychiatry

Geriatric Psychiatry At Holy Cross Hospital-Salt Lake is a Geriatric Psychiatry practice in Salt Lake City, UT with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in studying and addressing mental illness in older adults. Geriatric Psychiatrists at Geriatric Psychiatry At Holy Cross Hospital-Salt Lake perform mental health assessments, therapies, diet and lifestyle recommendations, and medication prescription. Geriatric Psychiatry is a psychiatry subspecialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional and mental disorders in seniors. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Geriatric Psychiatry practices include depression, anxiety, alienation, agitation, psychosis, dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Geriatric Psychiatry practices include mental health assessments, psychological therapy protocols, and medication prescriptions.

Geriatric Psychiatry is a subspecialty with psychiatric expertise in prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders in the elderly, and improvement of psychiatric care for healthy and ill elderly patients.