National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day 2019

National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day 2019

National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day 2019

On Monday, May 20, 2019, SAMHSA hosted National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day 2019 at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, DC. Along with SAMHSA, the Administration for Community Living served as a federal co-sponsor, with the National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging as a non-federal co-sponsor. The event focused on prevention, treatment, and recovery services for older adults with serious mental illness and substance use disorders; suicide prevention efforts with older adults; older adult peer support services; serving older veterans; and trauma-informed care for older adults.

Watch Part 1 and Part 2 of the on-demand webcast of SAMHSA’s event.