title: [Old age psychiatry in the Netherlands].
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.
authors.affiliation: GGZ Buitenamstel, Amsterdam. m.l.stek@ggzba.nl
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eikelenboom
authors.forename: A T F
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Beekman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D009426:Netherlands; D010343:Patient Admission; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends*