Aging & Mental Health provides a forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The international impact of the journal is now well recognized. It has readers in over 30 countries, a good impact factor and has been accepted for coverage in MEDLINE, Current Contents and other widely used indexing systems. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach between the various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly. In this way the journal has a strong alliance between the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The journal provides an original and dynamic focus to help integrate the normal and abnormal aspects of mental health in aging. In addition, theoretical issues can be set in the context of the important new practical developments in this field.

老齡化與心理健康為快速發展的研究老齡化過程與心理健康關系的領域提供了一個論壇。該雜志的國際影響現在已得到廣泛承認。它擁有30多個國家的讀者，具有良好的影響力，已被MEDLINE、Current content等廣泛使用的索引系統所覆蓋。該雜志探討了與正常和異?；虿±硭ダ舷嚓P的心理變化，以及老年人口的心理和精神問題。老齡化與心理健康涵蓋了與心理健康相關的衰老的生物學、心理學和社會學方面。它特別鼓勵在各種生物、心理、社會過程和與老年人心理變化有關的病因因素之間采取綜合辦法。它還強調了可能旨在改善老年人心理健康的各種戰略、治療和服務。通過這種方式，該雜志在影響心理健康和老齡化的一系列問題上，在理論、實驗和應用科學之間建立了強大的聯盟。該雜志提供了一個原始的和動態的重點，以幫助整合正常和異常方面的心理健康的老齡化。此外，理論問題可以在這一領域重要的新的實際發展的背景下提出。