Solving Clinical Challenges: Focus on Major Depression

Friday, September 8, 2023

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM CT

Location: Davidson C

Speaker(s)

Rakesh Jain, MD

Clinical Professor
Texas Tech - Permian Basin
Texas Tech University School of Medicine - Permian Basin, Midland, Texas
VM

Vladimir Maletic, MD

Clinical Professor Neuropsychiatry/Behavioral Science
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
USC School of Medicine, Greenville, SC
Craig Chepke, MD, DFAPA

Medical Director, Excel Psychiatric Associates; Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Atrium Health
Excel Psychiatric Associates

Designed to provide practical solutions to some of the most challenging patient cases, Solving Clinical Challenges sessions put our most experienced faculty on the spot to answer the question—what would you do? Exploring complex scenarios associated with real patients, our clinical panel will interact and collaborate to share insights and expertise on diagnostic challenges, psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches, and multidisciplinary care. Practical take-aways will enable clinicians to apply advanced approaches to similarly complex patients, enhancing overall care delivery, and optimizing patient outcomes.

This Solving Clinical Challenges session will focus on Major Depressive Disorder, a serious and widespread mental health issue that affects millions of people worldwide and can be challenging to diagnose and treat effectively.

Learning Objectives:

To appreciate how evidence based medicine (EBM) with clinical wisdom in addressing the complex needs of patients
To address the complex mechanisms through which clinicians access consultations and second opinions from colleagues
Recognizing how to intergrade complex, multi-pathway derived clinical information to create a logical case formulation and a treatment plan