Clinical management of depressed patients from treatment initiation to maintenance therapy

Professor Sidney Kennedy will discuss the goal alignment between physician and the patient for successful disease management. He will highlight the importance of an early tailored (personalized) approach to treatment. A shared decision-making process helps to engage the patient in their treatment management from initiation to continuity. Improvement of anxiety symptoms, restoration of positive affect and level of functioning are predictive of a good outcome. He will give an overview of the different therapeutic options and their benefits beyond the antidepressant efficacy.

This webinar will:

◊ provide key clinical insights on the management of depressed patients from first episode to ‘difficult-to-treat’ depression;

◊ illustrate how choosing the most appropriate therapy, taking into account patient preferences, can lead to a successful disease management approach that places the depressed patient on the road to recovery

Psychiatrists, neurologist, GPs