Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors
AGING AND MENTAL HEALTH
Carol Cober, senior program specialist, American Association
of Retired Persons, 601 E St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20049 *
(202) 434-2277, fax (202) 434-7683, E-mail: ccober@aarp.org.
Oversees a federally funded project on suicide prevention;
the organization has also looked at mental wellness and depression.
National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging, 601
E. St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20049 * (317) 232-7894, fax (317)
233-3472. Willard Mays, chairman; E-mail: wmays@fssa.state.in.us.
Represents about 45 national organizations and federal agencies;
deals with public policy issues relating to aging and mental
health; studies how states use Medicaid and Medicare to provide
mental health services, and examines the impact of managed
care on older adults. Has published a book on emerging issues
in mental health and aging. This group has its headquarters
at AARP.
American Society on Aging, 833 Market St., Suite 511,
San Francisco, Calif. 94103 * (415) 974-9600, fax (415) 974-0300,
Web site: http://www.asaging.org.
Patrick Cullinane, special project manager.
Has a network of professionals specializing in mental health
and aging; can provide national sources as well as some published
materials. Publishes Dimensions, a quarterly newsletter
about mental health and aging.
Dr. Stephen J. Bartels, New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric
Research Center, 2 Whipple Place, Lebanon, N.H. 03766 * (603)
448-0126, fax (603) 448-0129.
A psychiatrist who specializes in the mental health needs
of the elderly, Bartels did the first-of-its-kind state assessment
of the needs of the elderly for mental health services.
