Episode 17: Anti-Depressants: Some Issues in Managing Depression
Submitted by JPM on Thu, 2008-08-21 01:34.
In episode 17 we look at managing the treatment of depression once we’ve started a medication. We discuss the patient conversations necessary for initiating treatment including the patient perception of the illness, expectations and potential side-effects. We debate the quandaries around starting doses, when or if to increase, duration of therapy and relapse prevention.