DEPRESSION: GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT & MANAGEMENT (3 CE)

Course overview

This course has been developed to provide guidelines for the treatment and management of depression. The guideline recommendations have been developed by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, people with depression, a carer and guideline methodologists after careful consideration of the best available evidence. It is intended that the guideline will be useful to clinicians in providing and planning high-quality care for people with depression while also emphasizing the importance of the experience of care for them. [The course material was developed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence from the United Kingdom.] Learning Objectives: 1. Delineate the key elements in the stepped care model of intervention for depression. 2. Evaluate the appropriate level of intervention based on the symptom presentation. 3. Evaluate the appropriate method for assessing the effectiveness of various treatment options.