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Section 1: The relationship
between physical and depressive illness
Overview of the relationship between physical and depressive
illness
Exercise
Depression as a direct result of physical illness
Depression as a result of treatment
Drug treatments with depressive side effects
Physical problems develop or worsen due to depressive
illness
Physiological changes and depression
Compliance
Common aetiology
Coincidence
Summary of risk factors
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Section 1:
Summary
Section 2: The impact of
intervention
Why might there be a lack of suitable intervention?
What are the consequences of a lack of intervention?
Benefits of treatment
The SADHART Study
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Section 2:
Summary
Section 3: Assessment and
diagnosis
Setting the scene (I)
Setting the scene (II)
The introduction
Useful and less useful symptoms (I)
Useful and less useful symptoms (II)
Differentiating depression from non-depression in medically ill
patients
Comparison with depressed physically well patients
Use of screening tools
The two-question interview
Diagnostic confusion (I)
Diagnostic confusion (II)
Differential diagnosis
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Section 3:
Summary
Section 4: Management and
treatment
Medical records
Talking to the medical team
Treatment approaches
Psychological treatments (introduction)
Types of psychological treatment
Drug treatments
When to prescribe antidepressants
Considerations when prescribing antidepressants
Effectiveness and side-effects
SSRIs
ECT
ECT and NICE recommendations
ECT and the American Psychiatric Association Task Force
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Section 4:
Summary
Section 5: Management in specific
areas
Cardiac disease - main concerns
Myocardial infection
Arrhythmias
Diabetes mellitus
SSRIs and TCAs - considerations for diabetic patients
Liver disease
Liver disease and TCAs
Kidney disease
Epilepsy
Multiple sclerosis
Parkinson's disease (I)
Parkinson's disease (II)
Stroke
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Section 5:
Summary
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