What is Mind Matters ECHO?

Mind Matters ECHO is a monthly meeting for healthcare providers to discuss a peer-presented case followed by a didactic presentation from a health system expert.

Mind Matters ECHO is appropriate for any clinician who encounters behavioral health needs or challenges in their practice.

View the recording of the last meeting

November 9, 2022

Mind Matters ECHO: Engaging Patients and Families in Destigmatized Substance Use Care

Submit a patient case for our upcoming Mind Matters sessions

Do you have a case to present? We're seeking cases related to any behavioral health diagnoses, suspected or confirmed. Presenters have reported they find sharing their cases and the feedback they receive to be a valuable tool in their practice.

How it Works

Email Anitha Iyer, PhD and Course Director to discuss your potential case. If selected, you'll complete our online case submission form and our team will use that information to create slides for your presentation. We'll also schedule a 30 minute run through with you ahead of your presentation to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Suicide risk presents on a continuum

Suicidality is complex and requires holistic assessment. Patients often do not fit into one category or level of risk, and their risk level may change over time depending on a number of factors.

It is important for care providers to take seriously all forms of ideated and attempted self-harm. Even non-suicidal self-injurious behavior (NSSIB) in which the patient did not intend to end their life has strong correlations with completed suicides, either in the case of accidental death or in terms of the person acquiring the capability and capacity for suicide.

To learn more about assessing for suicide risk and understanding the continuum of behaviors and risk, refer to our Provider’s Guide to Suicide Risk Assessment. 

A new website to help friends and family of veterans

Marianne Goodman, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai developed a new website to help families living with a veteran and their firearms. The website shares information on the safe storage of firearms, how to limit access to firearms during times of distress, how to start conversations with loved ones about suicide and safety, and resources for seeking help and support.

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Conceptualizing patient-centered care for substance use disorder treatment: findings from a systematic scoping review

Despite of ongoing efforts to improve patient engagement with substance use treatment, the uptake has remained modest. Patient-centered care (PCC) is a recommended evidence-based practice to improve the quality of substance use disorder treatment. PCC includes the core principles of a holistic and individualized focus to care, shared decision making, and enhanced therapeutic alliance.

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Information to share with your patients: substance use



Peruse the Mount Sinai Health Library for information to share with your patients. With over 100 psychiatry topics presented in patient-friendly language, the Health Library can be a valuable source for your patients to help understand their diagnoses.

This month, try searching for substance use disorder.