title: Evolution of aged persons mental health services in Victoria: the history behind their development.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper aims to describe the development of psychiatry of old age in Victoria, Australia, from the 1950s to the present. Social and political aspects which contributed to service development are discussed.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative, narrative literature review was undertaken.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Today there is a comprehensive statewide aged persons mental health service, comprising of inpatient and residential units and community teams.
authors.affiliation: Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St Georges Aged Psychiatry Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. sloi3@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loi
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassett
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008603:Mental Health / Q000266:history*; D014739:Victoria