重视老年精神障碍的药物治疗

Pay more attention to use of psychotropic medication in old patient with mental disorders

老年精神障碍已成为我国的常见病。临床医师如何安全有效地使用精神药物治疗老年精神障碍应该引起足够的重视。本文简要介绍了我国主要老年精神疾病的流行状况及造成的疾病负担,分析了精神药物在老年人中的药动学和药效学特点及老年人精神药物的使用原则。

Along with rapid aging process, mental disorders are commonly seen among the elderly in China. Physician often face a dilemma of how to use psychotropic medication for proper treatment of such disorders safely and effectively. This article briefly reviewed the prevalence and burden of common mental disorders in Chinese old person,and analyzed the characteristics of clinical pharmacology of psychotropic drug for the elderly and guidelines in clinical use.