[Sectoral care and gerontopsychiatric tasks].

After explaining the present critical situation prevailing in the field of gerontopsychiatric care, the basic principles of the psychiatric care of old people are discussed: the multi-dimensional therapeutic approach and the principle of sectoring. Finally, the gerontopsychiatric care system in the town's district (Leipzig-Süd) for which our clinic and O.P.D. are responsible is discussed.