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CE Home > Psychiatric Nursing > Depression and Suicide

Depression and Suicide    
Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment
by Kathleen McMahon, RN, MEd, MA, and Susan Phillips, RN, MSN
60016 l 1.50 hr

Depression and Suicide - 60016  


        Price  ( $ 15.00 )
Objectives:
The goal of this program is to assist healthcare professionals in recognizing depression and to identify supportive measures to help patients and their loved ones decrease the risk of suicide. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —
  • Describe the association between chronic medical conditions and the risk of depression and suicide.
  •  List three factors that make patients vulnerable to suicide.
  • Differentiate among suicide attempts, gestures, threats, and ideation, and identify three risk factors for suicide.
  • Distinguish between mood and affect as they relate to the assessment for depression.
  • List the two core symptoms of major depression.
  • Identify the difference between mood changes due to grief and those due to depression.
  • Describe the clinician’s role in supporting patients with depression.
  • Describe the ability of healthcare professionals to recognize and treat depression.
  • Explain the function of psychotherapy in the treatment of depression.
  • Identify one method healthcare professionals may use to examine their own attitudes about the stigma of physical disease and/or depression.
  • Describe two patient self-care treatment plan components.
  • Identify two family education and support needs regarding depression.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 1/11/2013


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