Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults : In Whose Hands?.

At least 5.6 million to 8 million--nearly one in five--older adults in America have one or more mental health and substance use conditions, which present unique challenges for their care. With the number of adults age 65 and older projected to soar from 40.3 million in 2010 to 72.1 million by 2030,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Medicine, Institute of
Otros Autores: Services, Board on Health Care, Populations, Committee on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 2012.
Temas:
Older people > Alcohol use.
Older people > Drug use.
Alcoholism > Treatment.
Drug abuse > Treatment.
Mental health services.
Older people.
Medical care > Needs assessment.
Mental Health Services
Substance-Related Disorders > therapy
Aged
Health Services for the Aged
Health Services Needs and Demand
Personnes âgées > Consommation d'alcool.
Alcoolisme > Traitement.
Toxicomanie > Traitement.
Services de santé mentale.
Personnes âgées.
Soins médicaux > Analyse des besoins.
elderly.
Older people
Mental health services
Medical care > Needs assessment
Alcoholism > Treatment
Drug abuse > Treatment
Older people > Alcohol use
Older people > Drug use
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontMatter
  • Reviewers
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Assessing the Service Needs of Older Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
  • Untitled
  • 3 The Geriatric Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce
  • 4 Workforce Implications of Models of Care for Older Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
  • 5 In Whose Hands? Recommendations for Strengthening the Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Americans
  • Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Appendix B: Public Workshop AgendaAppendix C: Required Knowledge, Skills, and Training for Mental Health, Substance Use, and Geriatric Care Providers
  • Appendix D: IOM Recommendations from Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce (2008)
  • Appendix E: Committee Biographies

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