Project ECHO Depression, a partnership between the UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry and the Depression and Suicide Prevention Center, is hosting a two-part virtual presentation on suicide prevention to kick off its Spring 2022 series.
Marissa Grayson, Ph.D., of the Alabama chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, will speak at both events, the first on Thursday, Jan. 20 at noon and the second on Thursday, Feb. 17 at noon. The talks are open to any interested health care provider or worker. You can register here to attend.
Each talk will also include the case-based discussion that is part of every Project ECHO session. The Project ECHO model is designed to connect family medicine and primary care practitioners across Alabama with teams of experts to help them better care for patients suffering from depression.
The project uses virtual tools to “move knowledge instead of people” and encourages open discussion about difficult cases to help health care teams provide even better care.
Participating physicians receive access to virtual monthly clinics, staffed by UAB psychiatrists, a family medicine physician, psychologists and patient advocates.
Find out more about Project ECHO Depression and see the full schedule of spring semester talks here.