Target Audience

Primary care physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, substance use disorder professionals, or clinic staff who support behavioral health services.

Purpose

Led by a panel of behavioral health experts, Behavioral Health ECHO helps participants learn best practices for treating common mental health conditions and connect with peers from around the state to discuss and learn best practices for identifying and treating behavioral health issues. The curriculum is delivered free through case-based learning strategies using videoconferencing technology.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe how mental health and substance use can create ambiguous loss for individuals and families.
2. Recognize common clinical presentations where ambiguity is present but unnamed.
3. Apply at least three practical strategies to integrate ambiguous loss concepts into assessment and intervention.

Speaker

Courtney Sand, MS, LBA, BCBA, CBIST
Behavioral Health System Navigator, Iowa Primary Care Association

Biography