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Engaging the next generation of psychiatrists for geriatric psychiatry: call for action on behalf of the European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry: commentary, Bhat and Underwood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2025

Mohan Bhat  and
Benjamin R. Underwood Open the ORCID record for Benjamin R. Underwood [Opens in a new window]
Mohan Bhat
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK Kent and Medway Social Care NHS Trust, Gillingham, UK
Benjamin R. Underwood*
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Windsor Unit, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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Correspondence: Benjamin R. Underwood. Email: bru20@cam.ac.uk
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Old age psychiatrygeriatric psychiatryworkforcetraining

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , First View , pp. 1 - 2
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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