Learning Objectives

• Identify the risks and benefits of treatment options for depression during pregnancy, and counsel patients accordingly.
• Recognize characteristics that may help clinicians identify bipolar disorder in patients presenting with depressive symptoms.
• Recognize the reciprocal and complex relationship between medical illness and depression.

Faculty

John Fromson, MD
Associate Director of Postgraduate Medical Education, 
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School 

Lee Cohen, MD 
Associate Psychiatrist
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Associate Professor in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School 
Director
Perinatal & Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program


Dan Iosifescu, MD, MSc
MGH Site Director, Bipolar Trials Network 
Director of Translational Neuroscience 
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Accreditation

Release Date: 3/17/10
Expiration Date: 3/17/11

Target Audience
Psychiatrists, Primary Car Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Academy and Reed Medical Education. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

Credit Designation
McLean Hospital designates this continuing medical educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure
It is the policy of McLean Hospital that faculty and providers disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). McLean Hospital has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity.

Supporters
Our evidence-based curriculum is supported by an educational grant from Astra Zeneca.

Supporters

Our evidence-based curriculum is supported by an educational grant from:

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