Abstract
In recent years there have been significant developments in psychiatry for the elderly in the Netherlands. Epidemiological research has widened its scope, collaborating with other disciplines and thereby creating a range of new perspectives. Patient care is shifting gradually to the general hospital and psychiatry for the elderly has a definite place in the curriculum for trainee psychiatrists. Increasingly, integrated care arrangements are becoming available for elderly psychiatric patients with handicaps. Psychiatry for the elderly has obtained a firm foothold in the Netherlands and should be able to participate in and benefit from the developments that are expected in the years to come
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Pages (from-to) | 131-136 |
| Journal | Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |