OPPA 2012 Annual Psychiatric Update - Treatment-Refractory Mood Disorders: Evidence-Based Treatments and Future Directions

Who Should ATTEND
This program is designed specifically for Psychiatrists, other Physicians, including Primary Care and Pediatricians, as well as Psychologists, Nurses, Social Workers, Counselors and other Mental Health Professionals.
THE NEED
Mental disorders are widespread in the population. The main burden of illness is concentrated in a much smaller pro- portion of the population; about 6 percent, or 1 in 17, people suffer from a serious mental illness. Mental disorders are the leading cause… Show more of disability in the United States and Canada for persons ages 15 to 44.3 Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for two or more disorders, with severity strongly related to comorbidity (Report of the National Advisory Mental Health Council’s Workgroup, 2010).
Clinical controversies related to treatment-resistant depression refer not only to its definition but also to the way this latter is

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