Old age psychiatry in the modern age.

Br J Psychiatry

James Warner, MD, MRCP, FRCPsych, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Older Adult Psychiatric Liaison Team, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, 1 Nightingale Place, London SW10 9NG, UK. Email:

Published: November 2015

AI Article Synopsis

  • Old age psychiatry services are facing challenges worldwide, having previously thrived in the late 1990s to early 2000s.
  • There is a trend toward merging old age services with those for younger adults to form 'ageless' services.
  • Emerging evidence suggests that combining these services may not be effective and could harm care for older patients.

Article Abstract

Old age psychiatry services globally are under threat. The discipline enjoyed its heyday in the two decades bridging the millennium. More recently there has been a move to integrate old age services with those of working age adults, to create 'ageless' services. Evidence is beginning to accumulate that this is a bad idea.

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