DEPRESSION: PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, UPDATED 1ST EDITION

Course overview

As front-line providers of care it is essential that all nurses know how to manage patients with depression. This continuing education course provides nurses with multiple perspectives on the latest information for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with depression. Opportunities for reader reflection and clinical examples are included! Course Objectives ¿Define depression and discuss the various ways in which society understands it. ¿Describe the pathophysiology of depressive disorders and identify pharmacologic treatments for depression. ¿Identify the impact of the family on depression and explain how depression may, in turn, affect family members, especially children. ¿Identify the impact of relationships on development of and recovery from depression. ¿Identify special concerns relating to depression in particular age groups, including children, adolescents, and older adults. ¿Describe social, economic, and cultural factors that may influence the development and the treatment of depression. ¿Discuss the connection between chronic illness and depression. ¿Describe the connection between terminal illness and depression for individuals who are diagnosed with terminal illness and their family members. ¿Recognize variations in depression, including seasonal affective disorder, sleep problems associated with depression, somatoform disorders, and bipolar disorder. ¿Describe the connection between depression and substance abuse. ¿Identify acting-out behaviors that may occur in depressed individuals and describe ways of responding to these behaviors. ¿Describe experiences of depression specific to women. ¿Describe ways in which depression is marketed in our society as well as ways that depression often goes unrecognized. ¿Describe ways of recognizing and dealing with depression in self and in significant others. ¿Describe treatments that are likely to emerge for depression over the next decade.