AOD - Alcohol, Medication & Other Drugs
Abuse and Misuse Among Older Adults
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES:
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OLDER ADULTS
Reengineering Services to Better Serve Older Clients
June 21, 2007
San Francisco, CA
The following are selected presentations from the conference.
KEYNOTE PRESENTERS:
Frederic Blow, PhD, Co-Scientific Director for the Older Americans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center of the Center of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Associate Professor and Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, and Director, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI.
Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS, Co-Scientific Director for the Older Americans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center of the Center of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, Director of the Aging Services Research Program and Director of the Behavioral Health Policy Institute at the NH-Dartmouth Psychiatry Research Center, and the Medical Director of the State of New Hampshire Division of Behavioral Health.