Older Adult Mental Health Information
Ron Sterling M.D. -- Bellevue and Seattle, Washington, USA

    Ron Sterling, M.D., General and Geriatric Psychiatrist
    Welcome!  Or, Welcome Back!

    You have come to a great place to find mental health care and advocacy information for older adults.

    Dr. Sterling has been called the "Dear Abby" of Internet psychiatry, but that doesn't make him just older and wiser; he is also caring and believes in laughter.

    Just type SeniorMentalHealth.org or OlderAdultMentalHealth.org to find us again, or bookmark us.


        Tour This Page and Others.

    Mental health issues and concerns are quite different for us senior folks. Dr. Sterling knows this from both his professional training in Geriatric Psychiatry and from his personal experience. He has reached that younger senior age of 61. (Congratulations!)

    We invite you to tour this page of mental health information and to click on the navigation buttons to your left to explore the other pages found at SeniorMentalHealth.org. Further below on this page you will find links to the current answer to a reader question and to archived answers to reader questions.

    If you click on the Links Button to your left, you will find links to other Web sites created and hosted by Dr. Sterling, including links to his new senior mental health advice column Mind Matters which is published in the Seattle monthly magazine, Northwest Prime Time.

    If you click on the Resources Button to your left, you will find a very comprehensive list of links to general health, senior health, and senior mental health Web sites, including links to all of Liz Taylor's Growing Older columns published in the Seattle Times.

    In addition to information, advice, and links to senior mental health resources, Dr. Sterling offers appointments at his Bellevue office, and counseling and support by phone, Internet chat, and e-mail.

    Click on the About Us or the Online Help buttons to view most of the details about Dr. Sterling's office, online, and onsite services, or feel free to call him at 206-784-7842.

    You will often reach Dr. Sterling directly.


Dr. Sterling does not utilize a receptionist or an answering service for receiving your telephone calls. His office phone is his phone. If you have a question or a concern, you do not have to worry about disclosing your name, telephone number, or your questions or concerns to some other person.

    To find out what is new at SeniorMentalHealth.org or to view the latest announcements, alerts and news about issues that concern senior folks, please go to our What's New page. To get an index of pages available at at SeniorMentalHealth.org, go to our Site Index page.

        Check the Senior Mental Health Advice Column -- Mind Matters.

      Please go to the Mind Matters Web site to read articles about older adult mental health written by Dr. Sterling for the Seattle monthly magazine, Northwest Prime Time.

        E-Mail Your Reader Questions to Dr. Sterling?

      Please feel free to submit questions or comments to Dr. Sterling about senior mental health or caregiver issues and concerns.

      Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that questions submitted to Dr. Sterling without the purchase of an e-mail counseling service will be answered, Dr. Sterling attempts to post answers on SeniorMentalHealth.org frequently.

      The identities of all readers who submit questions will be kept strictly confidential and Dr. Sterling uses his best efforts to insure that no information will be contained in any published question or answer that might disclose the identity of any reader or any person associated with the reader's question. Dr. Sterling is the only person authorized to read e-mail sent to him. For further information about your responsibilities when sending e-mail questions to Dr. Sterling and our Privacy Policy, click here.

        Dr. Sterling is a Geriatric Psychiatry Specialist.

    Dr. Sterling was honored in 2003 for his "substantial contribution in serving people with mental illnesses in the field of geriatric psychiatry" with an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

      Dr. Sterling completed a Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship in June 1999 at the University of Kansas Medical School at Wichita. For more information about Dr. Sterling's training, please go to his Biography Page.

        Thank You for Stopping By!

      Thank you so much for visiting this SeniorMentalHealth.org Web page. We invite you to come back often for updated information, alerts, answers to reader questions and new links.

      Have a great day!


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RON STERLING, M.D.
General and Geriatric Psychiatry
SeniorMentalHealth.org
Phone: 206-784-7842
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Updated January 8, 2009
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