Institute of Medicine Releases Report on Lack of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Olde
The Institute of Medicine has released its new report, "The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Americans: In Whose Hands?" The report calls for a redesign of payment rules and increased national attention to building a work force of sufficient size that is trained in geriatric mental health and substance abuse care.
The Institute of Medicine has released its new report, "The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Americans: In Whose Hands?" The report calls for a redesign of payment rules increased national attention to building a work force of sufficient size that is trained in geriatric mental health and substance abuse care.
Millions of baby boomers will likely face difficulties getting diagnoses and treatment for mental health conditions and substance abuse problems unless there is a major effort to significantly boost the number of health professionals and other service providers able to supply this care as the population ages, says the new report. The magnitude of the problem is so great that no single approach or isolated changes in a few federal agencies or programs will address it, said the committee that wrote the report.
