Spring 2027

Psychiatry Geriatric Clinical Elective

A geriatric clinical elective focusing on the care of older adults with mental illness, covering depression, anxiety, suicidality, dementia, and substance use disorders in various settings.

offering recorded1–12 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Art Walaszek

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of impact of mental illness on the quality of life and functioning of older adults and their caregivers.

  • Describe the pathophysiology, clinical presentation and course, and treatment of late-life depression and anxiety.

  • Describe suicide risk assessment in older adults.

  • List the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.

  • Explain the geriatric psychopharmacology principle of “start low, go slow.”

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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  • Graduate/professional standing
PSYCHIAT 930

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ART WALASZEK is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Care of older adults with mental illness, including late-life depression and anxiety, suicidality, dementia, and substance use disorders. Under the supervision of clinicians with extensive experience in the care of older adults, help care for patients in inpatient, outpatient and long-term care settings. Have the opportunity to experience public health approaches to improving the mental health of older adults, for example, by attending caregiver support groups.

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Topics

  • Late-life depression and anxiety.
  • Suicidality in older adults.
  • Dementia.
  • Substance use disorders in older adults.
  • Public health approaches to improving mental health of older adults.

Skills

  • Describing pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of late-life depression and anxiety.
  • Describing suicide risk assessment in older adults.
  • Explaining the geriatric psychopharmacology principle of “start low, go slow.”

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PSYCHIAT 930 · Spring 2027

Psychiatry Geriatric Clinical Elective

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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