psychogeriatricsn.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊdʒɛrɪˈatrɪks/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˌdʒɛriˈætrɪks/ With singular agreement. The branch of psychiatry that deals with mental illness in elderly people; geriatric psychiatry.
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psychogeriatrics1967
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 175/1 The sub~speciality of geriatric psychiatry is coming to be known as ‘psycho-geriatrics’, an abbreviation which is not a very happy one, but which seems to be becoming generally accepted.
1972 Lancet 8 July 73/2 The working party are not convinced..that there is any need for the recognition of a specialty of psychogeriatrics.
1993 Brit. Med. Jrnl. (BNC) 9 Jan. 134 Elderly people with mental illnesses get psychiatric care from the department of psychogeriatrics at Bassetlaw Hospital.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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