Geriatric psychiatry deals with the problems of mental and emotional disorders and diseases in the elderly. A geriatric psychiatrist has expertise in the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of mental and emotional disorders of older people. The psychiatrist’s extensive medical training allows him or her to understand the relationship between emotional illness and medical illnesses. The psychiatrist is the physician best qualified to determine the physical and/or psychological causes of both mental and physical disorders.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 2,917 practicing geriatric psychiatrists. Broken out by state, geriatric psychiatry doctor density in Alabama is 29, in Alaska is 2, in Arizona is 50, in Arkansas is 17, in California is 386, in Colorado is 34, in Connecticut is 82, in Delaware is 5, in District of Columbia is 24, in Florida is 154, in Georgia is 57, in Hawaii is 14, in Idaho is 3, in Illinois is 100, in Indiana is 45, in Iowa is 24, in Kansas is 27, in Kentucky is 27, in Louisiana is 26, in Maine is 22, in Maryland is 93, in Massachusetts is 180, in Michigan is 91, in Minnesota is 33, in Mississippi is 14, in Missouri is 58, in Montana is 3, in Nebraska is 14, in Nevada is 10, in New Hampshire is 31, in New Jersey is 120, in New Mexico is 21, in New York is 407, in North Carolina is 71, in North Dakota is 1, in Ohio is 99, in Oklahoma is 22, in Oregon is 29, in Pennsylvania is 218, in Rhode Island is 26, in South Carolina is 24, in South Dakota is 3, in Tennessee is 52, in Texas is 140, in Utah is 11, in Vermont is 6, in Virginia is 73, in Washington is 56, in West Virginia is 15, in Wisconsin is 54, and in Wyoming is 2.
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