Mental Health of Older Adults in the Emergency Department.

Older adults with acute mental health concerns represent a large and growing population presenting to emergency departments (EDs). An organized approach to seniors experiencing a mental health crisis, grounded in a life course perspective, is essential. A structured approach to suicide risk assessment is a key part of ED practice. Mania, psychosis, anxiety, trauma, substance use, and the neuropsychiatric complications of Parkinson's disease are described in this article.