世界老年人口的迅速增長使人們越來越有必要把注意力集中在老年精神障礙問題上。該雜志的目的是傳播關于影響老年人的各種精神障礙病因、治療和護理的原始研究結果。該雜志對精神病學家、心理學家、社會科學家、護士和其他從事治療專業的人員以及一般的神經生物學研究人員感興趣。該雜志對老年精神病學的重要問題提供了一個國際視角，并發表了來自世界各國的貢獻。主題包括老年精神障礙的流行病學、臨床病因學研究、尸檢病理學和神經化學研究、治療試驗和老年精神病學服務的評價。

The rapidly increasing world population of aged people has led to a growing need to focus attention on the problems of mental disorder in late life. The aim of the Journal is to communicate the results of original research in the causes treatment and care of all forms of mental disorder which affect the elderly. The Journal is of interest to psychiatrists psychologists social scientists nurses and others engaged in therapeutic professions together with general neurobiological researchers. The Journal provides an international perspective on the important issue of geriatric psychiatry and contributions are published from countries throughout the world. Topics covered include epidemiology of mental disorders in old age clinical aetiological research post-mortem pathological and neurochemical studies treatment trials and evaluation of geriatric psychiatry services.