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
An inspirational 'genuine bloke' changing lives
Tuesday 1 June 2021, 02:58 AM
Senior medical representative at Boehringer Ingelheim Nicola Gibson-Groot and Turuki Health Care's Fakaanga Mapa
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PRACTICE NURSE OF THE YEAR
This award recognises the exemplary work of a practice nurse where they have made an outstanding individual contribution to patient care in their practice. They will have expended considerable effort and imagination, leadership, collaboration and innovation, to address practice and patient-level issues
WINNER
FAKAANGA MAPA
Fakaanga Mapa is breaking through cultural norms to ensure the healthcare needs of the communities he loves are taken care