2008 Conference
Effective Programs to Treat Depression in Older Adults: Implementation Strategies for Community Agencies
Adopting Evidence-based Depression Interventions for Older Adults
A Supplementary Series and Guide to Healthy Aging and Depression Webinars
This Action Brief series is made possible through support from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, the National Council on Aging, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Office of Technical Assistance through its work with the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services and the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases.
These action briefs complement a Webinar series on Healthy Aging and Depression as part of post-conference follow-up for the May 2008 conference, Effective Programs to Treat Depression in Older Adults: Implementation Strategies for Community Agencies, which was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Aging Program and organized by CDC’s Prevention Research Centers-Healthy Aging Research Network (PRC-HAN).
- Depression Care Management–Evidence-based Programs: The Basics
Highlights the latest data, strategies, and funding options available to agencies looking to implement an evidence-based mental health program. - Overcoming Stigma
Presents current research activities and programs that consumers, families, and practitioners can use to help overcome the stigma often associated with depression. - Evidence-based depression care management: IMPACT
An evidence-based depression care management program for community-based older adults; includes the perspectives of a program/research expert and a practitioner/policymaker currently implementing the program. - Evidence-based depression care management: PEARLS
An evidence-based depression care management program for community-based older adults; includes the perspectives of a program/research expert and a practitioner/policymaker currently implementing the program. - Evidence-based depression care management: Healthy IDEAS
An evidence-based depression care management program for community-based older adults; includes the perspectives of a program/research expert and a practitioner/policymaker currently implementing the program. - Money Matters: Funding and Sustaining Evidence-Based Depression Programming Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices for Older Adults: The Latest Data, Strategies, and Funding Options
Focuses on strategies and opportunities,including funding sources, business plans, billing strategies, for agencies looking to build sustainable depression care management programs. - Action Brief Series cover
This two-sided, color cover could also be used as a brochure for the series (size: 17"x11").
Information about the archived webinars.