JGPN提供了臨床和研究研究的結果，考慮到老年患者的精神和神經痛護理的各個方面，包括與年齡相關的生物、神經痛和精神疾病；心理社會問題；法醫問題；以及家庭護理。它在分子生物學和遺傳學、腦成像、神經病理學、神經心理學、藥理學、流行病學和健康科學研究等多方面的聯合科學方面取得了進展，這推動了老年心理學和神經學知識的蓬勃發展。

JGPN presents the results of clinical and research studies considering all aspects of the psychiatric and neuralgic care of aging patients, including age-related biologic, neuralgic, and psychiatric illness; psychosocial problems; forensic issues; and family care. It pursues advances in allied sciences as diverse as molecular biology and genetics, brain imaging, neuropathology, neuropsychology, pharmacology, epidemiology and health sciences research, which have fueled the burgeoning body of knowledge in geriatric psychology and neurology.