Learn how clinicians tailor antidepressants by diagnosis, symptoms, adverse effects, and next-step strategies for treatment-resistant depression.
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6 Key Questions When You Suspect Melancholia
Author(s)Gordon Parker, MD, PhD, DSc, FRANZCP
Most depressed people acknowledge impaired concentration and other related symptoms-but skilled clinicians can distinguish between non-melancholic depression and melancholia. How? They ask the right questions.
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