American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry is the monthly journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, founded in 1993 and published by Elsevier since 2013, covering the diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment of mental disorders in later life, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.1.《美国老年精神病学杂志》（The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry）是美国老年精神病学协会（American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry）的会刊，1993 年创刊，2013 年起由（Elsevier）出版，刊载晚年精神障碍的诊断、流行病学与治疗研究，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.1。

Scope

• The diagnosis and classification of psychiatric disorders of later life form the journal's oldest core, and papers on assessment instruments appear regularly.晚年精神障碍的诊断与分类是本刊最核心的传统领域，评估工具类论文持续刊出。
• Epidemiological and biological correlates of mental health in older adults are covered, from cohort studies to neuroimaging and biomarker work.老年人心理健康的流行病学与生物学相关因素，从队列研究到神经影像与生物标志物研究均有覆盖。
• Psychopharmacology and other somatic treatments are central, including trials, deprescribing studies and neuromodulation in frail patients.精神药理学与其他躯体治疗居中心位置，包括临床试验、减药研究以及体弱患者的神经调控治疗。
• Late-life depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, psychosis and suicide risk in older people recur across research and review articles.老年期抑郁、双相障碍、焦虑、精神病性症状与自杀风险，在研究论文与综述中反复出现。
• Dementia and its neuropsychiatric symptoms are a large strand, spanning agitation, apathy and the psychiatric care of people living with cognitive decline.痴呆及其神经精神症状构成一大板块，涉及激越、淡漠以及对认知衰退人群的精神科照护。
• Service organisation, inpatient and emergency care, caregiving and health-policy analyses sit alongside machine learning and other data-driven approaches to ageing.服务组织、住院与急诊照护、照护者研究与卫生政策分析，与面向老龄化的机器学习等数据驱动方法并列。

History

• The first volume appeared in 1993, and the National Library of Medicine's record is based on volume 1, number 2, dated spring 1993.首卷于 1993 年出版，（National Library of Medicine）的著录依据为 1993 年春季的第 1 卷第 2 期。
• Early volumes were issued in Washington, DC by American Psychiatric Press before the title moved to Elsevier.早期各卷由（American Psychiatric Press）在华盛顿出版，其后转由（Elsevier）出版。
• Elsevier took over the journal from January 2013, and articles from that year onward carry Elsevier DOIs.（Elsevier）自 2013 年 1 月起接手本刊，此后的文章均使用其数字对象标识符。
• It has grown into a twelve-issue-a-year journal whose output includes association abstracts, editorials and correspondence as well as full papers.本刊已发展为年出 12 期的期刊，内容除完整论文外还包括协会摘要、社论与读者来信。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.105 in 2021 and 7.996 in 2022, then 3.8 in 2024 and 5.1 in 2025, ranking 3 of 49 in gerontology at Q1.期刊影响因子 2021 年为 4.105，2022 年为 7.996，2024 年为 3.8，2025 年为 5.1，在老年学类别位列 Q1，排名 3/49。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Science Citation Index, and is catalogued by the National Library of Medicine.本刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Social Science Citation Index）收录，并由（National Library of Medicine）编目。

Editors

• Helen Lavretsky of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA is editor-in-chief, and her published work centres on late-life depression and resilience.主编为（UCLA）塞梅尔神经科学与人类行为研究所的（Helen Lavretsky），其已发表研究集中于老年期抑郁与心理韧性。
• As the association's journal, it publishes the abstracts of the AAGP annual meeting alongside independently submitted research.作为协会会刊，本刊与美国老年精神病学协会年会摘要一同刊出独立投稿的研究论文。
• Manuscripts are handled through Elsevier's Editorial Manager system, and the journal runs editorials, invited commentaries and letters with author responses.稿件经（Elsevier）的（Editorial Manager）系统处理，刊物设有社论、约稿评论以及附作者答复的读者来信。
• Each issue opens with an In This Issue summary that guides readers through the articles selected by the editors.每期以“本期导读”开篇，介绍编辑选出的重点文章。
• The editor-in-chief and associate editors have jointly presented the journal's annual session on translating research evidence into clinical geriatric mental health.主编与副编辑曾共同主持本刊关于将研究证据转化为老年精神卫生临床实践的年度专题。