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What Will You Learn?

  • What is depression, and what are scores used to diagnose and evaluate it ??
  • MAOIs, TCAs, SSRIs, SNRIs, and other antidepressants (M.O.A - clinical uses - management of adverse effects).
  • How to choose the best antidepressant for a patient ??
  • Safety of antidepressants in pregnant women, breastfeeding women, children and patients with chronic diseases.
  • How to stop an antidepressant, and how to switch between antidepressants ??

Course Content

Lecture 1
Introduction to depression

  • Part 1 (Professor Tareq Al-Maqtari)
    49:07
  • Part 2 (Professor Tareq Al-Maqtari)
    31:48
  • Quiz 1

Lecture 2
Mechanisms of antidepressant medicines - Older antidepressants

Lecture 3
Newer antidepressants

Lecture 4
How to use PHQ-9 and BDI-II in diagnosis and evaluation of depression ??

Lecture 5
*How to use GAD-7 in diagnosis and evaluation of (general anxiety disorder) ?? *Mono-amine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) in depth.

Lecture 6
Tri-Cyclic Antidepressants (TCAs), in depth.

Lecture 7
Selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), in depth

Lecture 8
Serotonin-Norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), in depth

Lecture 9
Atypical antidepressants (in depth)

Lecture 10
Non-pharmacological treatment of depression

Lecture 11
How to choose the best antidepressant ?? Antidepressants in special cases ?? How to switch between antidepressants ?? How to stop antidepressants without causing withdrawal symptoms ??

Final Quiz

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DS
2 months ago
“Thank you so much for all the hard work you’ve done.”
Very very very good 👍