[The report: Psychogeriatrics and the health care system (GHIGV, 1981)].

The report under discussion suggests examination of psychogeriatric clients undertaken by a psychiatrist with the help of the current medical diagnostic apparatus. The report is criticized as the psychiatric approach is too much emphasized. This emphasis does not correspond with the current practice in the Dutch psychogeriatric care. The problems of psychogeriatrics are not to be found in the field of diagnostics, but rather in the lack of ambulatory services. The disadvantageous implications of the proposals for the client and the policy as to psychogeriatrics are discussed.