Mental Health

Mental Health
http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/content.asp?sectionid=71
Excellent resource for families and health care professionals on mental health and aging. Includes information on depression.

Mental Health Resources
http://cmha.ua.edu/NIMH.html#II.%20Mental%20Health%20Resources
Wide variety of resources on mental health and aging including alcohol and drug abuse, Alzheimer's disease, depression, and suicide.

Horowitz's Impact of Events Scale
http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue_19.pdf
This tool is available from the John A. Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing and Alzheimer's Association's "Try This series. It is a short, self-reported, 15-question survey geared towards older adults to measure responses to major stress, such as post traumatic stress disorder.

Older Adults and Mental Health: Issues and Opportunities
http://www.aoa.gov/press/prodsmats/publications/pdf/Older-Adults-and-Mental-Health-2001.pdf
Significant document published by the US Department of Human Services, Administration on Aging

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