title: Comprehensive community-based mental health outreach services for suburban seniors.
abstract: An outreach program to deliver mental health services to mentally ill older adults has been developed in Baltimore County, Maryland. Incorporating prevention and early intervention strategies, this program targets persons aged 60 and over with late-onset or previously undiagnosed psychiatric histories. Services are provided through a novel one-third/one-third/one-third delivery schedule in senior centers, in community mental health centers, and in seniors' homes.
authors.affiliation: Baltimore County Department of Health, Bureau of Mental Health, Towson, MD.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: DeRenzo
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Byer
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Grady
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Matricardi
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Gradet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000639:trends; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland