Resources for Older Adults

For more information and publications on older adults and mental health, visit:

• www.samhsa.gov/Matrix/matrix_older.aspx
  
  
• Positive Aging Resource Center (PARC) www.positiveaging.org
  
  
• American Society on Aging, Web-based seminars www.asaging.org/webseminars
  
  
• The toolkit, Get Connected! Linking Older Adults with Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health Resources, is available for service providers from NCADI. (See below.)

Information is also available through SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center, P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015. Telephone: 1 (800) 789-2647 or 1 (866) 889-2647 (TTY).

To order substance abuse prevention materials, contact SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) at P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345. Telephone: 1 (800) 729-6686 (English and Spanish) or 1 (800) 487-4889 (TDD).