psycgrandrounds Upstate Mental Health REACH Initiative ECHO session 1: Dr. Thomas Schwartz- "When SSRI's Fail to Treat Depression and Anxiety: Treatment Resistant Strategies in Anxiety and Depressive Disorders"

Wed Apr 1 07:30:00 EDT 2026

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Dear Grand Round attendees,

Please see this additional educational opportunity that has been accredited for CME, Psychologist, LMHC, and Social Work Continuing Education Credits! The next of our weekly ECHO sessions, where providers can join and discuss cases from their practice with our faculty, will take place on Wednesday April 1st via zoom. Along with offering 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit, we are also able to offer 1.0 contact hour SW, psychologist, and LMHC credits. Please return all evaluation forms to Pamela Le @ LEP at upstate.edu<mailto:LEP at upstate.edu>.

Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 12pm-1pm

Speaker: Thomas Schwartz, MD

Title:  When SSRI’s Fail to Treat Depression and Anxiety: Treatment Resistant Strategies in Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

At the end of this lecture, attendees will be able to:

  *   Diagnose treatment resistant anxiety and depression.
  *   Describe typical guidelines when treating anxiety and depression.
  *   Utilize a basic algorithm approach when treating these disorders.

NEW: This educational cycle, we are inviting all providers to fill out the form and share clinical cases that they would like to discuss with our Faculty: Case Submission Form for ECHO on 4/1/26 Treatment Resistant Strategies<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Zgr1XCZe3UGJ-IPPc__umMG539dcwC9Lgj_OgL3fZeFUMzRLNFFMRzQ1OEI1RDVKRVQ3VFhPQkhIQi4u&origin=Invitation&channel=0__;!!GobTDDpD7A!K_tdJkm_wmfinGXjR54jgCidVFW8XaElkaRQ17brDjcAw6u2lfrV9qZjIjgA7tZdkaoSlf1z65SIvpE6aJDNrnxTwDs$>

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A complete list of dates, topics, and presenters can be found in the attached flyer.

If you are not familiar with Project Echo - Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a well-established model pioneered from the University of New Mexico. Project ECHO has had a national and international reach for the past 19 years. The ECHO model breaks down the barriers between specialist and primary care. Our experts at SUNY Upstate will function as the “hub” to deliver education, knowledge and best practices to the primary care clinicians in the Central New York region and beyond. Using videoconferencing technology, we will be connecting our team of interdisciplinary experts with primary care providers. By utilizing this teleconferencing technology, we are able to enhance medical resources in rural and medically underserved areas in Upstate and Central New York.

Website: https://www.upstate.edu/psych/education/reach.php 

We are also present on social media! Please see below for links and follow us:

  *   LinkedIn<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/company/reachinitiative/?viewAsMember=true__;!!GobTDDpD7A!K1NgI2fExQ5YQe6EcQfMf3ZsMGKNojRiB9Mur9Ph2KuPRMREux96B8EOdm0Ajj8mb86xh9KlHFu_lPWSm49A$>
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Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!

REACH Team

Pamela Le

Educational Coordinator

Grand Rounds & REACH Coordinator

Upstate Medical Psychiatry

719 Harrison St. Bldg TU4

Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone (315)464-7185

Fax (315) 464-3282
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