Abstract
48 U.S.Geriatric Educ.Centers (GECs) train faculty, students & community providers to render age-appropriate care. 3 GEC directors present exemples of programs on late life mental health issues at Baylor,Stanford & Wyoming. 1st presentation is on depression. Delores Gallagher Thompson, PhD, ABPP, directs the Stanford GEC. She will present work on introducing the PHQ9a depression screening tool into primary care settings serving ethnically diverse, low-income, older adults. N= 76 trained: 10 MDs, 34 medical assistants, 8 RNs, 2 psychologists, 1 SW, & 21 administrators.
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