International Psychogeriatrics comes of age

Abstract

This issue is the first of six which will comprise the journal's 21st volume. In my culture (and some others) it is conventional to celebrate 21st anniversaries, which for a long period were associated with the attainment of an entitlement to enjoy such privileges as the right to vote, to marry without parental consent and to enter into contracts. For International Psychogeriatrics our 21st anniversary represents something of a milestone for what began as a small association journal founded with two annual issues in 1989. To celebrate this achievement we have commissioned a number of commemorative pieces which will appear throughout 2009 and the journal has been completely redesigned in order to emulate the majority of academic journals which now appear in this larger A4 format instead of the quarto size used for our first 20 years. The cover has been changed to give us what I am told is a more attractive and contemporary look and the front of each issue will now feature one or more photographs representing aspects of the diverse discipline of psychogeriatrics. If you have an image which would enhance a future cover, please advise me by email (ipaj-ed@unimelb.edu.au) and we will try to use it.