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Diagnosing and Treating Depression - Could You be at Risk?

(Education/Training/Seminars)

Event date: December 6
Event time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Harborview Office Tower Suite 802
URL/web site: http://scahec.net/schools
Broadcast date: 2012-11-19
Contact: Jessica Huggins 843-792-4981 hugginjr@musc.edu

Message:

Diagnosing and Treating Depression - Could You be at Risk?

December 6
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Dr. Cathy Layne, M.D.

This SCHOOLS presentation is designed to help the participant recognize depression and better understand the treatment options to include: inpatient vs outpatient treatment, antidepressants, augmentation strategies, and ECT selection. At the completion of this session you should be better able to:

- Define depression
- Identify components of a suicide risk assessment
- Discuss treatment setting and plan for patients with depression
- Identify patients appropriate for ECT

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