Measuring Outcome In the Treatment of Depression: Why You Should Do It & How You Can Do It – A Focus on Measurement-Based Care

Description

Virtual Forum: Measuring Outcome in the Treatment of Depression: Why You Should Do It & How You Can Do It  A Focus on Measurement-Based Care

Location: Online Via PsychU.org

Description: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious, chronic disabling illness, with residual symptoms causing significant psychosocial and occupational functional impairment. The virtual forum, led by Madhukar Trivedi MD, Director of the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and Mark Zimmerman MD, Director, Partial Hospital Services, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, will begin with a discussion of the impact of MDD and unresolved symptoms, with the remainder of the forum focusing on measurement-based care and possible strategies for implementation in clinical practice. The discussion will conclude with time for questions from the audience.

Drs. Trivedi and Zimmerman are paid consultants for Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Event Speakers

Madhukar Trivedi, MD
Featured Speaker

Director of the Center for Depression Research & Clinical Care, Betty Jo Hay Distinguished Chair in Mental Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX

Mark Zimmerman, MD
Featured Speaker

Director of Partial Hospital Services at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI