Newswise — Stephen Scheinthal, D.O., F.A.C.N., a geriatric psychiatrist and associate director of the UMDNJ-New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging (NJISA), is available to discuss the importance of maintaining an active and productive lifestyle as an older adult, in recognition of Older Americans' Mental Health Week, May 24-30. Scheinthal is also an associate professor of psychiatry and chief of geriatric behavioral health.
Older Americans' Mental Health Week seeks to spread the message that mental illness is not a normal part of aging and to reduce the stigma associated with older Americans' willingness to seek help. The NJISA is a premier provider of geriatric care, education, research, and public policy in aging. The institute attracts skilled clinicians, educators and scientists who set the standards for geriatric medicine, develop state-of-the-art educational programs, conduct cutting-edge research, and advocate improving the lives of older people in New Jersey and throughout the country.
Scheinthal, who has been named a "Top Doc" by SJ Magazine every year since 2002, will be the featured speaker at the NJISA Senior Health and Fitness Day on Friday, May 29, at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford. Scheinthal is fellowship-trained in geriatrics and a recipient of a Geriatric Academic Career Award from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
According to Scheinthal, "Mental illness is a common and treatable disorder. With proper medical attention, healthy adults continue to learn, enjoy life and contribute to society."
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the nation's largest free-standing public health sciences university with more than 5,500 students attending the state's three medical schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions, a school of nursing and its only school of public health, on five campuses. Annually, there are more than two million patient visits at UMDNJ facilities and faculty practices at campuses in Newark, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Scotch Plains, Camden and Stratford. UMDNJ operates University Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center in Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare, a mental health and addiction services network.
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