#35: Depression: MDD with DJ MMC
Master the management of major depressive disorder (MDD) with clinical pearls from Dr. Marius Marcel Commodore, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry from Temple University Hospital. We cover diagnosis, patient counseling, choice of agent, dose titration, augmentation...and DJ names?
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Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:08 Rapid fire questions
11:04 Initial diagnosis and screening
13:06 Tools for diagnosis discussed
17:07 Shared decision making in choice of agent
19:40 Monitoring and follow up
21:51 Choice and comparison of agents
27:38 Augmentation and the STAR-D study
31:03 Quick recap
33:52 Cognitive behavior therapy
40:58 Medication titration and duration of therapy
45:18 Bipolar disorder screening
47:38 Screening for suicidality
49:58 Difficulty getting patients into specialty care
53:38 Mood disorders in health care providers
58:31 Listener Questions
60:48 Take home points
64:10 Outro
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