Screening for depression
This chapter covers assessing for physical and functional changes, as well as knowing how to ask patients about specific mood symptoms and safety concerns.
- Screening for depression intro
- Administering and interpreting the PHQ-9
- Recognizing common signs of depression
- Asking about depressive symptoms
- Assessing safety
- Screening for depression quiz
Managing self-harm and suicidality
This chapter addresses self-harm and suicidality and how to manage them in order to maintain patient safety.
- Managing self-harm and suicidality intro
- Distinguishing between self-harm and suicidality
- Differentiating between active and passive suicidality
- Using the C-SSRS
- Responding to acute suicidality
- Developing a safety plan
- Establishing safety parameters and resources
- Managing self-harm and suicidality quiz
Screening for anxiety
Here, we review the tools and resources to screen for anxiety, including best practices for asking patients about specific anxiety symptoms.
- Screening for anxiety intro
- Administering and interpreting the GAD-7
- Recognizing common signs of anxiety
- Asking about anxiety symptoms
- Screening for anxiety quiz
Special patient populations and considerations
Comorbid conditions can complicate psychiatric management. In this chapter, we address special age considerations and medical conditions to take into account.
- Special patient populations and considerations intro
- Recognizing depression and anxiety in children and adolescents
- Evaluating older adults
- Screening for substance use as self-medication
- Recognizing the importance of assessing for bipolar disorder
- Screening for manic symptoms
- Screening for other medical conditions
- Recognizing comorbid psychiatric disorders
- Special patient populations and considerations quiz
Conversations about depression and anxiety
In this chapter, learn how to discuss the diagnoses of depression and anxiety with patients, as well as how to introduce the treatment recommendations.
- Conversations about depression and anxiety intro
- Evaluating a patient’s perspective
- Discussing the diagnosis of depression
- Discussing the diagnosis of anxiety
- Introducing treatment options
- Applying motivational interviewing
- Differentiating between therapy modalities
- Conversations about depression and anxiety quiz
Initiating medication management
Review the major categories of medications for depression and anxiety, as well as the decision-making process involved in selecting a medication for a particular patient.
- Initiating medication management intro
- Choosing the medication approach
- Prescribing serotonergic agents
- Using other medications
- Selecting an antidepressant
- Using PRNs for anxiety
- Initiating medication management quiz
Treatment side effects and myths
In this chapter, we review common side effects of antidepressants and dispel some common myths related to antidepressant use.
- Treatment side effects and myths intro
- Educating patients about side effects
- Prescribing antidepressants for children and adolescents
- Prescribing antidepressants for older patients
- Using antidepressants during pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Dispelling common myths
- Treatment side effects and myths quiz
- Depression and Anxiety Essentials outro