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This session will focus on psychiatric epidemiology. Three of the presentations will discuss psychiatric issues among older adults. Presentations will include discussions of fatalism and mastery in Mexican-American women, suicide risk factors among veterans, depression and the risk for adverse drug events among seniors and occupational stress and risk of depression among older workers.

Session Objectives: 1. Discuss the relationship between cultural values and physiological stress response. 2. Describe the risk factors and precipitating circumstances surrounding suicide mortality among veterans. 3. Evaluate the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction and risk of depression among older workers.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE)