Links and Resources

University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Resolve Crisis Services resolve is a 24-hour, 365-day crisis service. It’s free to all residents of Allegheny County, regardless of your ability to pay. Call: 1-888-7-YOU-CAN (796-8226).

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance DBSA offers peer-based, wellness-oriented support and empowering services and resources available when people need them, where they need them, and how they need to receive them—online 24/7, in local support groups, in audio and video casts, or in printed materials distributed by DBSA, our chapters, and mental health care facilities across America.

National Council on Aging

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A)

American Psychological Association’s Depression and Suicide in Older
Adults Resource Guide: http://www.apa.org/pi/aging/depression.html


CDC’s Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network
Conference: Effective Programs to Treat Depression in Older Adults
http://www.prc-hanconferences.com/2008-conference


CDC Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network
Depression Webinars – hosted by the National Council on Aging
http://www.ncoa.org/content.cfm?sectionid=379


Geriatric Mental Health Foundation
http://www.gmhfonline.org/gmhf/consumer/depression.html


National Council on Aging Center for Healthy Aging Mental Health
Resources
http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/content.asp?sectionid=71


National Institute of Mental Health Depression site
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthtopics/depression/index.shtml

SAMHSA Older Adults and Mental Health site
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/CommunitySupport/olderadults/default.asp

SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/

The Community Guide Mental Health Recommendations
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/mentalhealth/index.html