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Public Health Models of Mental Health Care for Elderly Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Martin G. Cole
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St. Mary's Hospital Center, Montreal, Canada
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During the past 30 years, the growth of geriatric psychiatry services has been dramatic. Indeed, the majority of developed countries can boast of an impressive range of hospital-based, community-based, and long-term-care programs (Reifler & Cohen, 1998). For the most part, these services are traditional clinical services: The client (or caretaker) identifies a problem and the mental health professional offers comprehensive assessment and treatment.

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© 2002 International Psychogeriatric Association