MAJOR DEPRESSION IN ADULTS: SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES, UPDATED 1ST EDITION

Course overview

Depressive disorders affect many people across age, culture, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups. This course provides essential information about major depressive disorder including its epidemiology, signs and symptoms in adults (with a very brief overview of children and adolescents), causal and influential factors, assessment, diagnosis, current treatments, relapse prevention, and outcomes evaluation. Course Objectives ¿Differentiate between the types of depressive disorders. ¿Identify the symptoms of major depression. ¿Explain the causal and influential factors of major depression. ¿Describe assessment and treatment approaches for major depression. ¿Describe outcome evaluation approaches.