Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of Adolescent Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)
Course Overview
This program offers the health care provider a comprehensive, sequential and rational framework for addressing adolescent depression. Each health care provider will be able to extract from this program those components that they can best apply in their own practice setting. By building on the information presented in this course and by utilizing those components of the toolkit that best meet the realities of their practice each health care provider can customize their approach to the treatment of the young person with depression. MDcme recognizes that “Identification, Diagnosis & Treatment of Adolescent Depression” is not a prescriptive program. Therefore, the learners may customize the program and adapt it to their own practice.
After completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Discuss adolescent depression relevant to primary care.
- Summarize strategies for identification, treatment and outcomes evaluation of adolescent depression in primary care.
- Describe how to evaluate suicide risk in depressed adolescents.
- List criteria for referral to mental health specialty services in addressing adolescent depression.
This continuing professional development (CPD) program has been designed to consider the CanMEDS Physician Competency Framework, including the roles of: Medical Expert, Communicator, Collaborator, Health Advocate, Manager, Scholar and Professional
Accreditation & Certification
Continuing Medical Education study credits and certificationsMainpro+
This one-credit-per-hour Group-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Office of Professional & Educational Development, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University for up to 2 Mainpro+ credits.
Mainpro+ Certified Activity
This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Office of Professional & Educational Development, Memorial University for up to 2 Mainpro+ Certified Activity credits.
Maintenance of Certification (Section 1)
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Memorial University of Newfoundland. Up to 2 Section 1 credit hours can be claimed.