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This article describes the history of a relatively new branch in Israel's psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry. The unique features of Israel are described: a young country with an ancient history, uninterrupted migration waves, including the elderly strata, the reactivation of traumatic experiences in elderly Holocaust survivors and the impact of the security situation in particular on the elderly population. There is a growing awareness of the importance of geriatric psychiatry, in connection with the above features, with a quite rapid development of this branch in the country. Developing services are described, as are research projects and the contribution made by Israel's geriatric psychiatrists in the development of the field.
OBJECTIVE: This article describes the evolution of a primary care geriatric psychiatry program which serves clinical, educational, and research functions. METHODS: Program development proceeded through stages of liaison using research, focusing on primary care attendings, and developing the common interest of geriatrics. RESULTS: Collaborative research with external funding has continued. A geriatric psychiatry primary care fellowship program was established. Clinical activity is based on consultation-liaison work in nursing homes, an outpatient dementia clinic, a general hospital medical service, and the outpatient clinic. Fellows are involved in training both psychiatry and primary care residents. CONCLUSIONS: Necessary components of a successful collaboration include: 1) primary care physicians with an interest in and aptitude for psychiatric issues; 2) delivery of service and training based on an assessment of the primary care site's needs; 3) a physical presence in the primary care site.