Dr. Adamek is the Director of the PhD Program in Social Work at Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN. As a member of the first cohort of Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars, she conducted a study focusing on depression among long term care residents. Her research interests center around mental health issues of older adults, particularly elder suicide. Dr. Adamek earned her BS in Social Work in 1982 from the University of Dayton, her MSW from Washington University in 1983, and her PhD from Case Western Reserve University in 1989. She completed a one year postdoc at the University of Michigan focused on applied issues in aging research. Selected publications include:

Kaplan, M., Adamek, M., & Rhoades, J. (1998). Prevention of elderly suicide: Physicians’ assessment of firearm availability. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 15, 60-64.

Kaplan, M., Adamek, M., & Calderon, A. (1999). Managing depressed and suicidal geriatric patients: Differences among primary care physicians. The Gerontologist, 39, 417-425.

Adamek, M., & Kaplan, M. (2000). Caring for depressed and suicidal older patients: A survey of physicians and nurse practitioners. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 30, 111-125.

Kaplan, M., Adamek, M., & Martin, J. (2001). Confidence of primary care physicians in assessing the suicidality of geriatric patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 728-734.

Decker, C. & Adamek, M. (2003). Meeting the challenges of social work research in long term care. Social Work in Health Care, 38 (3).

Adamek, M., & Kaplan, M. (2003). Confidence in managing late-life suicidality: A national survey of nurse practitioners. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 9, (3).

Adamek, M. (2003). Late life depression in nursing home residents: Social work opportunities to prevent, educate, and alleviate. In B. Berkman & L. Harootyan (Eds.). Social work and health care in an aging world: Informing education, policy, practice, and research (pp. 15-47). NY: Springer.