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Understanding Depression

Harvard Medical School via Harvard Health Online Learning

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Harvard’s "Understanding Depression" online course is a reliable, go-to source for encouragement and practical advice. Our experts' guidance helps you to understand depression and to discover therapy and medication options to get you feeling like yourself again.

Syllabus

Getting Started

  • About Our Course
  • Depression Defined

Causes of Depression

  • Understanding What Causes Depression
  • Your Brain and Depression
  • What Causes Depression?

Diagnosis and Treatment Options

  • Dr. Mallika Marshall
  • Diagnosing Depression
  • Seeking Treatment
  • Dealing with Depression: Recurrence
  • Depression in Children and Teens
  • Depression and Pregnancy
  • Depression and Older Adults

Medications

  • Dr. Mallika Marshall
  • Depression Medications
  • Managing Medications
  • Drug Testing
  • Special Note on Antidepressants and Suicide

Psychotherapy, Brain Stimulation, and Nerve Stimulation

  • Dr. Mallika Marshall
  • Schools of Therapy
  • Brain and Nerve Stimulation Therapy

Self-Care and Alternative Treatments

  • How to Help Yourself

Strategies for Success

  • Your Path to Peace
  • What You Can Do
  • Emergency Help Section: Suicide Risk
  • Quiz
  • Points to Remember

Taught by

Michael Craig Miller, MD

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