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. Indiana has 57 practicing geriatric psychiatrists. Broken out by city, geriatric psychiatry doctor density in Anderson is 1, in Angola is 1, in Avon is 3, in Bloomington is 2, in Bluffton is 1, in Carmel is 4, in Chesterton is 1, in Columbus is 2, in Danville is 1, in Elkhart is 1, in Elwood is 1, in Evansville is 3, in Fort Wayne is 6, in Frankfort is 1, in Goshen is 1, in Greenfield is 2, in Greensburg is 1, in Greenwood is 2, in Huntington is 1, in Indianapolis is 25, in Jeffersonville is 2, in Lafayette is 1, in Linton is 1, in Logansport is 1, in Madison is 1, in Marion is 2, in Martinsville is 1, in Merrillville is 3, in Michigan City is 2, in Mooresville is 1, in Muncie is 1, in Munster is 1, in Noblesville is 1, in Plainfield is 1, in Richmond is 2, in Shelbyville is 2, in South Bend is 1, in Sullivan is 1, in Terre Haute is 2, in Valparaiso is 1, in Vincennes is 1, in West Lafayette is 1, and in Zionsville is 1.

Indiana’s population is 6,271,973, and most of the state’s population is located in the north, near the Lake Michigan shoreline, and is part of the greater metro Chicago area. Indiana became a state in 1816, and boasts many historical sites and covered bridges, numerous state parks and forests, hunting and fishing, and a variety of golf courses. Centrally located Indianapolis is home to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, hosting the world-famous 500-mile auto race every year. This capital and largest city of Indiana also hosts a Civil War museum, a planetarium, and the Indiana Historical Society, among many other attractions.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Indiana has a population of 6,271,973. Of this population, 1,566,280 are under the age of 18 and 774,303 are at or above the age of 65.