Responsible for the provision of comprehensive multidisciplinary community mental health assessment and treatment services for the different and varying needs of older people with mental illness, forming part of a spectrum of specialised health services for older people. While many older people will continue to access specialised mental health and mainstream services, special expertise is required in the assessment, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of people who have a mental illness or disorder, when it is complicated by problems and illnesses related to ageing.
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