Bruce Martha L
Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice, 46 Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH 03766.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2016 Jul;24(7):509-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.01.138. Epub 2016 Feb 2.
Looking back to 1993, the articles published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry's inaugural issue focused on central questions in geriatric psychiatry-from how age-related changes in brain structure and function affect illness etiology, expression, course, and outcomes(1) to how best to identify and address the unmet mental health needs in different populations of older adult.(2) Today's journal reflects both an enduring commitment to these questions and the growth of the field itself, both in terms of scientific advancement and the breadth of research that is relevant. Thus, questions with pressing clinical and public health significance continue to be addressed but with increasing sophistication in specificity to the questions and the availability of tools to investigate them.
回顾1993年，发表于《美国老年精神病学杂志》创刊号的文章聚焦于老年精神病学的核心问题——从大脑结构和功能的年龄相关变化如何影响疾病的病因、表现、病程及转归（1）到如何最好地识别和满足不同老年人群未得到满足的心理健康需求（2）。如今的杂志既体现了对这些问题的持久关注，也反映了该领域自身的发展，这体现在科学进步以及相关研究的广度方面。因此，具有紧迫临床和公共卫生意义的问题仍在持续探讨，但对问题的针对性以及用于研究这些问题的工具的可用性都日益精细。
