health award

Study aims to help homebound older adults

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:32am

A University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work researcher has received a $680,000 National Institute of Mental Health award to study the feasibility of a telehealth problem-solving treatment (PST) for homebound older individuals suffering from depression.

The short-term structured PST focuses on teaching and strengthening problem-solving coping skills for older adults in the Austin [...]