Description
There are significant unmet mental health needs among African Americans as well as geriatric populations. As a result, the intersectional demographic of Black seniors experiences a double whammy of their mental health concerns being unaddressed. Perceptions of mental illness and stigma associated with mental health care serve as barriers to utilization of mental health services in this population. This webinar will review the CDC study, The State of Mental Health and Aging in America, as a backdrop for discussion of the landscape of mental health among older adults in Black communities. The presenter will also address effective psychiatric treatment strategies for this population.
Learning Objectives
Who Should Attend?
Clinicians, caseworkers, peer recovery support staff, administrators, and others who work on behalf of adults with mental illnesses and/or co-occurring substance use disorders.
Speaker
Michael Ingram, MD, is the Director of Behavioral Health at Great Lakes Bay Health Care. He is the former Medical Director of the Behavioral Unit at McLaren Bay In-Patient Psychiatric unit, and the former Vice President at Michigan Psychiatric and Behavioral Associates. He attended college at Michigan State University, and also graduated with a degree from the Lyman Briggs School (College) in Microbiology. He continued his education graduating from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, followed by a Residency in Psychiatry at Lafayette Clinic and Wayne State University. He received board recertification by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (ABNP) in 2009, and was accepted as a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (FAPA) in 2016.
Certificates of attendance are available upon request
• Requirement: Viewing 50% (30 minutes) or more of the live webinar
• Emailed to attendees within 30 days after the webinar date
