[Verse 1] An elder arrives with a trembling hand, A fog in the mind you must understand, Before you diagnose the anxious mind, Consider what the body left behind. Thyroid declining can mimic despair, Urinary infections cloud thought like thick air, Polypharmacy tangles the neuronal thread, A grieving soul, or a drug interaction instead? [Chorus] M-E-D-I-C-A-L, before the psyche, check the cell, Delirium is not depression's twin, Anemia dims the light within the skin, Refer, collaborate, investigate the base, Medical contributors leave their trace, Know the body before you treat the mind's disgrace. [Verse 2] Hypoglycemia wears anxiety's mask, Congestive failure makes cognition a task, Subdural hematoma whispers like grief, Vitamin B-twelve deficiency mocks disbelief. The pancreas speaks in depressive tongue, Parkinson's silence was never among The purely psychological, so trace the thread, To the organ that is speaking while the patient's misread. [Chorus] M-E-D-I-C-A-L, before the psyche, check the cell, Delirium is not depression's twin, Anemia dims the light within the skin, Refer, collaborate, investigate the base, Medical contributors leave their trace, Know the body before you treat the mind's disgrace. [Verse 3] Now the physician receives your referral note, Write it precisely, every clinical quote, Not "seems confused" but specify the date, The onset, the pattern, the functional state. Avoid the jargon of your separate guild, Build a shared language so the bridge is filled, SBAR: Situation, Background, Assessment clear, Recommendation sharp, so the internist can hear. [Bridge] Speak in their metrics, honor their time, A concise consultation is almost sublime, Flag the medications you suspect are wrong, Ask about labs before assumptions grow strong, Bidirectional dialogue, neither above, A geriatric team works like counterpoint and love, Each voice distinct yet woven in the whole, The patient's wellbeing the polyphonic goal. [Chorus] M-E-D-I-C-A-L, before the psyche, check the cell, Delirium is not depression's twin, Anemia dims the light within the skin, Refer, collaborate, investigate the base, Medical contributors leave their trace, Know the body before you treat the mind's disgrace. [Outro] So when the elder sits before your chair, Map every system with methodical care, The thyroid, the kidney, the vascular stream, Are writing the chapters of the psychological theme. Collaborate boldly, communicate clean, Say what you mean and mean what you've seen, For geropsychology honors the whole, The intricate architecture of the aging soul.
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