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The NYSPA Report: Mental Health and the Geriatric Population
…from other psychosis (early-onset or other)? A: Late-life psychosis includes late-onset psychosis as well as persistence (or recurrence) of psychosis that first manifested earlier in life. The amount of published…
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What Do Age and Disability Mean in Our Culture
…stigma, after breaking a bone in her foot, a not-yet-forty-year-old friend likewise declined a cane, deferring to crutches because they signal “injured,” not “old” or “disabled.” Cognitive impairment is even…
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The Behavioral Health Community Today: Change, Challenge and Opportunity
…Organizations (ACOs), Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), Behavioral Health Care Collaboratives (BHCCs), Health Homes, and other care delivery entities. The move to Medicaid managed care brought about Health and Recovery Plans…
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Will “System Transformation” Transform the System? Before We Celebrate: 20 Questions That Need Answers
…of people getting care? Creating a mental health system that is “recovery oriented” and “person-centered” was the major goal of the New Freedom Commission’s call for transformation. Will significantly more…
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Deaths of Despair: Social Research Suggests Troubling Trends for the Next Generation of Older Adults
…in Social Science and Medicine, May 2014. Friedman, M et al (2018). Geriatric Mental Health: Demographic and Epidemiological Data. The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance. Dwyer-Lindgren, L et al (2018). “Trends…
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Social Isolation: A Solution-Focused Approach
…a 29 percent increased risk of death compared to 26 percent for those who are lonely (Holt-Lunstad, Smith, Baker, Harris & Stephenson, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2015). Of note is…
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A Good Place to Live Is Critical for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities: Needed Public Policy Changes
…live. Safe, stable, and appropriate housing is critical to their quality of life. Providing decent housing is, however, an extremely complex matter because older adults with severe, long-term psychiatric disabilities…
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Suicide Prevention in the Aging
…with complex patterns of comorbidity”. Late life depression is readily treatable and can significantly improve both cognitive and physical functioning. In his words, “brief psychotherapy is feasible, acceptable, and effective…
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We Must Advocate for Older Adults with Behavioral Health Conditions
…and non-voluntary retirement from employment; loss of family and/or friends; shifting social and familial roles; diminished cognitive and/or physical abilities; spiritual concerns; and confronting end-of-life. Dealing with these transitions as…
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NYS Office of Mental Health Announces “1,700 Too Many” Statewide Suicide Prevention Plan
…more closely with other state agencies to make better use of new and existing suicide data. Read the entire ‘1,700 Too Many’: New York State’s Suicide Prevention Plan, here: http://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/resources/publications/suicde-prevention-plan.pdf…
