Name: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults
Start: 2025-11-06T08:00:00-05:00
Location: St. Joseph County Public Library Community Learning Center

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults

While older adults have lower rates of mental health and substance use issues than younger adults, these issues can impact functioning and quality of life much more profoundly with age. Professionals serving older adults need an understanding of the unique ways that these disorders can present in older adults, along with the evidence-based assessments and treatments. This workshop will include these topics based on a foundation of general knowledge and attitudes about aging.
Registration: $100, includes 6 Category I CEUs for licensed clinicians, lunch and snacks.
Register at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/yxxc5h3
This event will *also* be held November 7 in Goshen. If that date/location works better for you, you can register for the Goshen seminar here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/qg92n3v
Learning objectives:
-Recognize ageism in our society and its impact on all of us
-Identify unique presentations of older adult mental health issues
-Describe elements of evidence-based assessment and treatment that are unique to older adults
Guest Clinical Speakers
Gregory A. Hinrichsen, Ph.D., ABPP is (voluntary) Clinical Professor, Dept. Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. During 50 years in the field of aging, Greg has provided clinical services, conducted research, directed psychology internship and fellowship programs, contributed to public policy, and had leadership roles in professional organizations. He is the author of “Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals” published by the American Psychological Association. When he had a first job at age 25 as a social service outreach worker to the older residents of Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, he could not have imagined a career that would bring so much satisfaction and meaning.
Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP is a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Geriatric Medicine, and Director of Geropsychology at Rush University Medical Center, and co-director of the Rush Center for Excellence in Aging and the SAMHSA-funded E4 Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging. She is past-Chair of the American Psychological Association Committee on Aging and past-President of the Society for Clinical Geropsychology. Dr. Emery-Tiburcio was recently awarded the 2024 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice, a Fulbright Scholar Award, and the 2025 Society for Clinical Geropsychology M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology.