Mental Health & Suicide Prevention for Older Adults

While older adults are at a heightened risk, in the U.S., men aged 85 and older have the highest suicide rate of any group in the country. Many factors contribute to this serious public health concern including social isolation, grief, illness, loss of independence, among others. Join us for a discussion on different types of depression across all older adults, symptoms of depression, how to identify it, how it is different for those with memory issues, effects depression has on families, as well as suicide prevention for older adults during the Weill Cornell Medicine Wellness Series with the Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library.