Depression: Causes, Treatments, and Manifestations (NA1940_O)
Author(s): Patsy Barnes, RN, BA
Pre-Approved for:
Credit Hours: 8
Course Format
This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.
Course Overview
Course Objectives
- Explain depression, its symptoms and varying treatment options including complementary and alternative medicine
- Discuss how depression effects men and women differently
- Discuss how depression presents differently in elderly, veterans, and adolescents
- State the unique challenges of depression in the Asian culture
- Describe the benefits and burdens of social media as it relates to depression
- Discuss the ways primary care providers can implement changes to their practice to assess and treat depression
Course Outline
- Overview
- Statistics
- Treatment Options
- Depression in Men
- Depression in Women
- Depression in Older Adults
- Veterans and Depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Depression in Children and Adolescents
- Culture and the Asian Challenges Related to Depression
- Media and its Effect
- Ways to Improve Assessment and Treatment