Treatment of mental disorders in the elderly often involves a comprehensive approach. The first step is to pay attention to nursing care, to ensure the safety and nutrition of the elderly, to pay attention to keeping warm, and also to care for, love and understand the elderly. In addition, the elderly often suffer from underlying diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, etc., in the use of drugs often have to choose drugs with fewer side effects, and the dosage should be smaller to begin with, and the dosage should be increased more slowly, and pay attention to the observation of adverse reactions, because the elderly’s metabolism rate is relatively low, and the function of the liver and kidneys is weaker. Elderly treatment of mental illness does not necessarily have to pursue a complete clinical cure, as long as the elderly can live a normal life, there is no risk of self-injury, suicide, usually more company for the elderly, and pay attention to the mental changes of the elderly in a timely manner can be.