3410.0 Geographic analyses in mental health

Monday, November 8, 2010: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
This session describes strategies for making broad use of community-level data to identify, characterize and meet population needs.
Session Objectives: Identify community characteristics associated with variation in population mental health needs. Describe how individuals with mental health needs characterize their community resources. Discuss strategies for targeting mental health resources based on community characteristics.
Moderator:
Jean Dremmler

4:30pm
Using Suicide Death Data to Determine Low and High Rates of Suicide Risk in Geographic Areas
James Ciarlo, PHD and Jean Demmler, PhD
     
4:45pm
Examining Associations between Psychiatric Disability and Proximity to Neighborhood Amenities
Stephen Metraux, MA, PhD, Eugene Brusilovskiy, MS, Janet Prvu-Bettger, PhD, Yin-ling Wong, PhD and Mark Salzer, PhD
5:00pm
Perceived Community Resource Availability Among Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
Eugene Brusilovskiy, MS and Mark Salzer, PhD
        
5:15pm
A systematic review of the predictors of depression among people with epilepsy: Placing correlates in an ecological perspective
Elizabeth Reisinger Walker, MAT, MPH, Amanda Garcia-Williams, MPH, Nancy Thompson, PhD, MPH and Colleen DiIorio, PhD, RN
     
5:30pm
Use of GIS technology in selecting a site for a community mental health center: A case example
Roger A. Boothroyd, PhD
     

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Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Social Work

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

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