Psychogeriatrics Course
This course equips healthcare professionals with essential skills to assess and manage common psychiatric conditions in older adults, including depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis. Participants will learn to conduct targeted mental status examinations, utilize validated assessment tools, interpret diagnostic tests, and develop comprehensive, patient-centered care plans that incorporate both non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions while addressing ethical, cultural, and safety considerations.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Psychogeriatrics Course provides practical skills to recognize and manage depression, dementia, delirium, anxiety, and psychosis in older adults. Learn focused mental status exams, use MoCA, GDS, CAM, and 4AT, and interpret key labs and imaging. Build safe, person-centred care plans using nonpharmacologic and medication strategies, support caregivers, address safety risks, and navigate ethical and cultural issues with confidence in everyday practice.
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Develop skills
- Rapid geriatric mental status exam: apply focused cognitive and mood checks.
- Differentiate depression, dementia, and delirium using a clear clinical algorithm.
- Build practical geriatric psychiatric care plans with family and caregiver support.
- Optimize psychotropic prescribing in elders using Beers, START/STOPP, deprescribing.
- Implement non-drug strategies for insomnia, agitation, and late-life mood symptoms.
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