The ICMHA exists to expand and improve mental health care for older Iowans so that they can live, learn, recreate, engage in meaningful activities and access appropriate services in the communities of their choice.
If you are interested in joining the Coalition, please contact Virginia Rediske at 319-384-4566 or by email at icmha@uiowa.edu. 
200 people from across the country attended the ICMHA conference held in Des Moines, IA.
- Gene D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D, geriatric psychiatrist and health care pioneer has passed away. He was the first Director of the Center on Aging, Health & Humanities at George Washington University.
- Public Service Announcement on the upcoming Holiday Season: A Time to Check on Older Adults.
- New report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK Age discimination in mental health services: making equality a reality and its accompanying evidence document, The need to tackle age discimination in mental health.
- IMPORTANT HEALTH REFORM UPDATE: Support needed for Project 2020, legislation that will strengthen the US health care system's ability to meet the needs of the aging population.
- "We Need a Sound Bite for Mental Health" by Michael Freedman, LMSW, discusses the need for a central theme for mental health and public policy.
