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The developmental history of mental disorder in old age

An international perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John R. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford
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A worldwide demographic shift towards old age is being accompanied by a corresponding increase in the number of old people presenting with psychiatric disorders, and traditional systems are unable to cope with the problem.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988

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