This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Up for the challenge in Berlin
Wednesday 3 October 2018, 10:00 AM
Young health professionals from all over the world attended the 2018 YLH Social Entrepreneurship Challenge in Berlin, German
Christchurch Māori pharmacist Brendon McIntosh recently attended the 2018 Young Leaders for Health challenge in Berlin, Germany. There, he worked on using technology to solve non-communicable disease in urban populations with a team of other health professionals from around the world. This is his report
Young Leaders for Health is an organisation aimed at creating an interdisciplinary platform for exchange of health knowledge between young healthcare , Brendon McIntosh Sabine Wanka and Claudia Batz, Christchurch pharmacist Brendon McIntosh with teammates Sabine Wanka (centre) and Claudia Batz (left) at the event