Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
October 6, 2004, Vol. 04-100

Rural Grand Rounds Webcast - Screening for Depression and Suicide

You are invited to attend the Rural Grand Rounds web cast - Screening for Depression and Suicide

Date & Time: October 12th at 12:00 - 1:30 pm (MST)

Presenter: Dr. Karen Sharer-Mohatt

Objectives:
1) Conceptualize "depression" as a disorder which spans a spectrum of
nine distinct presentations of mood disorder;
2) Integrate diagnostic interviewing for mood disorders and the mental
status examination to develop a thorough clinical and diagnostic
interview;
3) Assess for and establish risk of suicide according to symptom
presentation, clinical history and social context;
4) Cite three ways in which the rural context can impact the clinical
picture and suicide risk.

You may forward this email to anyone you would like to invite to this session. Each participant will need to follow the instructions below.

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PLEASE NOTE, YOU WILL NEED A JAVA APPLICATION to view this web cast live or asynchronously. It is highly recommended you go through the downloads prior to the start of the session. You may download this application ahead of time, at http://www.elluminate.com/support, click on the "Get the Latest Software" link, or, follow the instructions for this specific web cast below.

To ensure that you are ready to join the web cast, please either:

1. Click on the meeting link
https://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=461460481 to join the web cast approximately 15-30 minutes before the scheduled time, (Please enter your name when prompted for Username)

OR

2. You may configure your Mac or PC any time before the meeting by simply clicking on the following link which will take you to an automated testing and configuration room:

http://www.elluminate.com/mtg.jnlp?password=686042519 (Please enter your name when prompted for Username)

If you are having problems downloading this software, you can go to Elluminate Live!'s FAQ site http://www.elluminate.com/support/faqs/, or the troubleshooting wizard on their support page at http://www.elluminate.com/support/ .

If you are still having problems, please feel free to call or email me.

These web casts are produced to meet a range of continuing education needs for professional and allied mental health staff currently working in rural and frontier areas.

Participation will qualify for the provision of CME and CEU hours.

All presentations will be archived on the WICHE web site enabling those unable to view the live broadcast to view the training sessions at any time afterward.

There will be no cost to the training consumer for viewing the web cast live or asynchronously, and nominal reproduction costs for those wishing to obtain CD/DVD formats of the Grand Rounds series.

Jenny Shaw
WICHE Mental Health Program
303.541.0311
303.541.0291 (fax)
http://www.wiche.edu/MentalHealth/Grand_Rounds/

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The Center for Mental Health Services is a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services.