September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Mental health challenges, like depression, can lead to suicide, especially if left untreated. According to the 2018 Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report, 34.05% of the Boston’s seniors have ever been diagnosed with depression. However,…
Today, the second-ever Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day, Ethos recognizes the nearly one in five older Americans that have one or more mental health/substance use conditions (according to a 2012 Institute of Medicine study). The U.S. Census Bureau indicates…
It’s the first ever National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day! According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than two million Americans age 65 and older suffer from some form of depression. The Healthy IDEAS Program at Ethos…