Aging Baby Boomer population drives mental health need
Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City Opens Geriatric Psychiatry Services Clinic to meet demand
ASHLAND CITY, TN - June 20th, 2005 - As America prepares itself for the oncoming retirement of the "baby boom" generation, it must be aware of the growing need for mental health care for the aging and its ability to provide such services.
In 1990, there were 32 million Americans age 65 and older. In 2040, the number will skyrocket to 70 million. This change will inevitably create a demand for psychologists who are trained in gerontology - the scientific study of the biological, psychological and sociological phenomena associated with old age and aging.
In order to help meet this demand, Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City opened the area’s first outpatient geriatric psychiatry services clinic aimed at helping patients and their families deal with this growing health issue. “Most patients suffer from anxiety, depression and memory impairment. Anxiety, stress and depression are often brought on by retirement, change in health status, relocating, or caring for loved ones,” said Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City Geriatric Psychiatry Services Clinic Director Whitney Simmons. She says the Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic offers diagnostic evaluation, individual, family or marital therapy, and medication management.
To schedule an appointment or consultation, please call TriStar MedLineSM at 615-342-1919 or 800-242-5662.
Centennial Medical Center is a 649-bed tertiary facility located in the heart of Nashville, TN and is recognized as one of the country’s 100 Top Hospitals in cardiovascular medicine, stroke service, orthopaedics, and breast cancer management.
Parthenon Pavilion is the oldest and largest full-service 132-bed psychiatric facility in Middle Tennessee providing inpatient mental health services for adults and geriatric patients as well as community-based mental health programs.
The Women’s Hospital at Centennial is Tennessee’s only stand-alone women’s hospital and neo-natal intensive care unit delivering 2,500 babies annually and is recognized nationally in breast cancer management in addition to providing the area’s only total digital mammography program.
The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center is a service-line offered through the TriStar Family of Hospitals that is designed to meet the needs of individuals undergoing cancer treatment, providing the most extensive drug, radiation and surgical services in the Southeast.
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