Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP 2027)

Key Topics

• Age-related changes in pharmacologic response, vulnerability to adverse outcomes
• Disease management interventions: depression, dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar, sleep disorders, substance abuse and PTSD
• Complementary treatment approaches and psychosocial interventions
• Psychiatric manifestations of medical diseases
• Ethical issues such as advance directives and end-of-life care
• Strategies to enhance successful living in the face of medical comorbidity
• Psychosocial and care needs of special populations
• Models for the treatment of the elderly
• Advances in basic science research in relation to aging
• Late-life mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases
• Response to Trauma/Disaster in the context of aging
• Practice management issues such as: getting started in practice, electronic medical records, reimbursement and coding
• Family and caregiver issues related to aging and complex medical problems
• Resources and initiatives to assist academic training directors maintain