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Policy Research on Aging and Mental Health Services (PRAMHS) Project

Principal Investigator(s): Roeder, Philip W.

Summary: This study consists of four parts. Part 1 is the result of a nationwide mail survey of Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC). Questions centered on the delivery of mental health services to the elderly, and cover topics such as the number of elderly people in the client load, amount of interaction between CMHC and Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), factors affecting the delivery of services to the elderly, and specialized services for the elderly. In addition to data from the PRAMHS questionnaire, d... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09043.v2

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