Overview

This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and includes the following elements. 

• Background
  • Including causes, risk factors, prevalence, and prognosis
• Diagnosis
  • How to assess someone with depression
• Suicide risk
  • How to assess suicide risk, protective and poor prognostic features
• Optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
• An audit suggestion
• A list of useful links and resources for further reading

Goals

During this course you will learn to:

• Understand the aetiology and disease burden of depression.
• Identify people with depression.
• Identify suicide risks and those at highest risk.

Audit Suggestions

Topics covered